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feWAR DEPARTMEJ^T. 



EEGULATIONS 



GOVERNMENT OF THE BUREAU 



THE PEOVOST MARSHAL GENERAL 



THE UNITED STATES. 



PROVQST Marshal General's Office, 

Wrr.s'Jthcrfop, April 21, 1863. 



WASHINGTON: 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OKFICK. 
1863. 



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s.¥AR DEPARTMENT. 



REGULATIONS 



GOVERNMENT OF THE BUREAU 



THE PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL 



THE UNITED STATES. 



Pro vosT' Marshal General's Office, 

Was?ii'ngton, April 2-1, 1863. 



WASHINGTON: 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 
1863. 






Sxckange 
Peribody Inst.,Balto. 
Jan. -28 









War Department, 
Washington, Ajml 21, 1863. 
The followiug regulations for the goveruuxeut of the Bureau of the Provost 
Marshal General of the United States, having been approved by the President 
of the United States, he commands that they be publislied for the government 
of all concerned, and that they be strictly observed. 

EDWIN M. STANTON, 

Secretary of War. 



INDEX. 



A. 

Page. 

Accounts for expenses of spies, how settled 8 

of contractors to be settled, how and when 8 

of reports and returns 19 

Act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, &c., extracts from. .2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 13, 17 

Acting assistant provost marshals general, to be detailed for each State 1 

duties of 1 

Ages of all persons in the district to be noted by enrolling ofiBcer 9 

enrolling officer to judge of 11 

Apprehension and delivery of deserters -. 6 

Apportionment to be made by board of enrolment by sub-districts . 11 

Arms, clothing, &c., of soldiers not to be bought or sold 4,5 

Arrest, summary, to be resorted to by provost marshal in certain cases..... 5 

Assessors, if suitable, to be appointed enrolling officers 10 

B. 

Board and lodging, price of, not to exceed forty cents per diem ... 8 

Board of enrolment, to receive information from acting assistant provost marshals 

general 1 

to occupy one of provost marshal's rooms -- 2 

one of provost marshal's clerks to be recorder for . 2 

to be called together by provost marshal 3 

to keep necessary books of record 6 

extract from act of Congress providing for 9 

how composed and appointed 9 

members of, paid how 9 

duties of -. 9 

to divide each district for enrolment, if expedient 10 

to appoint an enrolling officer for each sub-district — 10 

to give enrolling officer all neces^sary instruction - 10 

to require an oath of service of each enrolling officer — .... 10 

to require enrolling officeis to judge of ages of persons 11 

to decide the question of exemption . 11 

to require enrolling officer to submit his rolls weekly or 

oftener 11 

to prepare rolls of enrolment sub-districts --- 11 

to make the apportionment according to sub-districts. 11 

to make an exact copy of names of drafted persons 11 

to take direction of the draft 12 

to note on the roll of drafted men disposition made of each. 12 

to require substitutes to be presented to them for acceptance. 12 

to furnish discharge when proper 12 

2 



VI INDEX. 

Page. 

Board of enrolment, to furnieh certificates of exemption 12 

to determine evidence in regard to age 18 

to require proof of disqualification 13 

rules to be observed by, in determining age of persons 13 

to decline granting exemption, if in doubt 13 

Books to be kept by provost marshals and boards of enrolment , 6 

c. 

Captain of cavalry, rank and pay of, to be given to provost marshals 2 

of vessel harboring deserters to be punished, how 4 

Cashiering of surgeon, if found guilty of improper conduct 5 

Certificate of surgeon for exemption not to be received unless sworn to 17 

of office to be required when exemption is claimed 17 

Charges and specifications, against surgeons liable thereto, to be made by provost 

marshals.- • ^ 

Citizens to be called upon to aid provost marshal, if necessary 5 

Civil authorities to take cognizance of certain crimes, when 4 

Clerks, two, to be appointed by each provost marshal, if necessary 2 

one of the two, to act as recorder for board of enrolment 2 

compensation of, to be fixed by provost marshal , 2 

may be made deputy provost maishals for local purposes .. 2 

specimens of handwriting of, to be sent to provost marshal general 2 

Clothing, arms, &c., of soldiers, not to be bought, sold, or exchanged 4,5 

Colonel of cavalry, rank and pay of, to he given to provost marshal general 2 

Commissary general to refund accounts for payment of subsistence. 8 

Communications to be forwarded through acting assistant provost marshals general 

to provost marshal general 1 

Concealment of deserters, to be punished, how 4 

Conductors of railroads harboring deserters to be punished 4 

Congressional districts, one provost marshal for each — 1 

Consolidated enrolment lists to be sent to provost marshal general 9 

Contract to be made for office for provost marshal, if there be no government 

building 2 

subsistence, when and how . 8 

Contractors' accounts to be settled, when and how 8 

Correspondence of provost marshals, history of, to be kept — 6 

Custody of deserters 6 

D. 

Decisions and directions of board of enrolment to be made public 3 

Delivery of deserters to military commander ., 6 

Deputy provost marshals may be appointed for local purposes 3 

pay of not to exceed $100 per month 3 

to take charge of deserters ti 

Descriptive lists to be made of deserters 7 

drafted men 11 

form of 44 

Deserters, means for arrest of - 3 

special officers to be employed for arrest of, if necessary 3 



INDEX. VII 

Page. 

Deserters, regulations concerning 6 

concealment of, punishment for 4 

apprehension and delivery of 6 

to be arrested by provost marshals 6 

reward for delivery of, when due ^ 6 

description of, to be kept by provost marshal 6 

to be sent to military station.... 6 

to be receipted for by officer receiving them 7 

expenses for apprehension of, &c 7 

guards to be instructed to prevent escape of 7 

any person failing to report when drafted to be deemed a 7 

to be subsisted at "rests," after being received by provost marshals... 8 

Discharged soldiers, imposition on to be guarded against 7 

Diseases and infirmities which disqualify for service 14, 15, 16, 17 

Dismissal of surgeon, if found guilty by court-martial 5 

Disqualification for service, diseases which produce 14, 15, 16, 17 

District attorney of United States to be notified of violation of law by conceal- 
ment of deserters and drafted men 4 

District of Columbia to form one provost marshal's district 2 

provost marshals, rank and pay of 2 

to be appointed or detailed by President 2 

under direction of provost marshal general 2 

headquarters of to be fixed and announced 2 

to take post at headquarters..... 2 

number of drafted men to be furnished by each to be an 

nounced by provost marshal general 9 

Districts, the United States to be divided into 2 

Draft, resistance to, to be punished, how , 4 

to be made in each sub-district, how 9 

Drafted men, examination of, how conducted 17, 18, 19 

feigning of diseases by, to be guarded against 17 

Duties of acting assistant provost marshals general for each State 1 

surgeon of board of enrolment defined by law 5 

E. 

Employing deserters, punishment for 4 

Enrolment act, extracts from 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 13, 17 

penalty for violation of certain sections of 4 

Board of, duties of 1,2,9,10,11 

how composed and appointed 9 

of each class of persons to be made at same time on separate lists.... 11 

on completion of lists, to be consolidated 11 

lists made by State to be consulted, if possible 11 

Enrolling officers, when and how appointed 10 

duties of 10 

required to take oath for faithful performance of duty 10 

to j'udge of ages of persons 11 

in city districts to submit their lists daily 11 

in country districts to submit their lists twice a week 11 



VIII INDEX. 

Page. 

Enticing Boldiers to desert, punishment for 4 

Examination of drafted men, instructions for 17 

surgeons required to exercise great care in 17 

to be conducted in the day time ~17 

Exemption from service, how determined 13, 16, 17 

forms for 41,42 

surgeon's certificate in support of claim for, to be sworn to 16 

Exempts, who are, and under what circumstances 13 

to furnish evidence in support of their claim 16 

Expenditures not to be made without a proper voucher 19 

vouchers for, to specify when, where, &c., made 19 

Expenses for apprehension of deserters to be stated in descriptive list 7 

F. 

Failure to report when ordered after draft deemed desertion 7 

Felony, no person convicted of, shall be enrolled 14 

Five dollars reward to be paid for delivery of deserters 6 

Forms for enrolment to be made 10 

list of, required by regulations 26-50 

G. 

Government responsible for expenses of deserter after delivery to provost marshal. 7 

Governors of States to be consulted by provost marshals 1 

provost marshal to put himself in communication with . 3 

are exempt from draft , 13 

Guards to be quartered at "rests," when practicable 9 

H. 

Harboring deserters, punishment for 4 

Headquarters of each district to be fixed and announced by provost marshal general. 2 

each provost marshal to take post at, for his district 2 

if remote from military station, deserters to be sent tri-monthly 6 

History, &c., of deserters to be kept by provost marshals 6 

I. 

Imprisonment in case of false inspection and report by surgeon 5 

Inspection to be made by surgeon of Board of Enrolment " 5 

L. 

Lists to be made by enrolling officer and sent to board of enrolment 11 

to be forwarded to provost marshal general 11 

Lodgings to be furnished on a "return" 8 

M. ' 

Manner in which returns of deserters are made 7 

Marshal of the United States to have custody of certain criminals ^ 4 

Military commanders to have custody of deserters, spies, &c , sent him by provost 

marshal, and to forward them as soon as possible o 

force nearest available to be called on to aid provost marshal 5 

station , deserters to be sent to 6 

Money, accounts, &c. 23 



INDEX. IX 

N. 

I Page. 

Names of employes required to aid the provost marshal to be reported 5 

National forces, manner of enrolling 1, 9, 10, 11 

when called out, number required to be announced 11 

Notification to person drafted to be served within tea days 4 

0. 

Obedience to orders to be strictly and promptly enforced 1 

Obstruction to draft, penalty for 4 

Occupations of all persons residing in district to be noted by enrolling oflficer 10 

Office for provost marshal to consist of not more than three rooms 2 

Officer receiving deserters to receipt for them 7 

signing papers to give rank and regiment or corps 20 

to be det<i,iled for each State as acting assistant provost marshal general .. I 

Orders and instructions to be speedily communicated 1 

of board of enrolment to be enforced by provost marshgil •„..• 3 

P. 

Pay of enrolling officers 10 

surgeon and member of board of enrolment 9 

special guards for deserters 6 

clerks and deputy provost marshals ,..^ 6 

Persons drafted to be notified wi thin ten days thereafter 4 

punishment of, who entice asvay soldiers 4 

of all kinds are to aid provost marshal when required 5 

Possession of military clothing by citizens not soldiers deemed proof of fraud 5 

President of the United States to constitute enrolment districts 2 

to divide States into disti icts 2 

to appoint or detail a provost marshal general for 

the United States 2 

to appoint or detail a provost marshal for each dis- 
trict 2 

Prisoners to be supplied with cooked, provisions 8 

lodged in jail where there are no " rests" 9 

Provisions returns to be used when practicable 8 

Punishment for resistance to draft 4 

Purchasing military clothing from soldiers to be punished 4 

Provost marshal general of the United States, frequent returns to be made to him. . 1 

lo be appointed or detailed by the 

President 2 

rank, pay, &c., of 2 

office of at seat of government 2 

separate bureau for, at War Depart- 
ment 2 

contract for office for provost marshal 

to be subject to his approval . 2 

appointment and compensation of 
clerks for provost marshal to be 

subject to bis approval 2 



X INDEX. 

Page 
Provost marshal general of the United Statns. to approve appointment of clerks, dep- 

u ty provost marshals, &c 2,3 

each provost marshal to report by let- 
ter to 3 

to be furnished with copy of enrol- 
ment lists alphabetically arranged. 11 
to announce to boards of enrolment 

number of men required 11 

Provost marshal for Congressional districts to be under superintendence of act- 
ing assistant provost marshal for each State 1 

one for each district to be appointed or detailed by President.. 2 

rank, pay, &c., of , 2 

to be under direction and subject to orders of provost marshal 

general 2 

to take post at headquarters of bis district 2 

to rent an office, if there be no government building, &c 2 

size and manner of renting office for 2 

may employ two clerks 2 

deputy may be appointed for local purposes 2 

to send specimens of handwriting of clerks to provost marshal 

general 2 

to recommend rate of compensation for clerks 2 

to make full reports concerning deputies and necessity of 3 

to report by letter to provost marshal general and acting assist- 
ant provost marshal general for State immediately on enter- 
ing upon his duties 3 

to place himself in communication with governor 3 

to place himself in communication with principal executive 

officer of civil service in his district and any military force.. 3 

will see to receiving and rendering vouchers, &c 3 

to arrest all deserters, &c 3 

to call together board of enrolment, preside, &C.. 3 

to notify persons drawn in the draft within ten days 4 

to hand over certain criminals to Unitel States marshal, with 

written charges 4 

to make summary arrests in case of resistance. 4 

to execute their duties firmly, but prudently 5 

to prepare and forward charges and specifications against sur- 
geon of board of enrolment in case of neglect of duty, &c.. 5 

to make seizures of clothing, arms, &c 5 

to complete all business belonging to their district, though it 

may require them to go into another 5 

authorized to call on nearest available military force, or on 

citizens, &c. , to discharge their duties, if necessary 5 

to report at once, and from time to time what they deem neces- 
sary to efficient performance of their duties - 5,6 

to conform to all special instructions and report promptly and 

fully any information and suggestions of importance 6 

to use e very means for arrest of deserters 6 



INDEX. XI 
t 

Page. 

Provogt marsbals, to decide whether the person arrested is a deserter 6 

not entitled to any reward for arrests 6 

to keep history of correspondence and business 6 

to send deserters to militaiy station on day of arrest 6 

to employ suitable guard for deserters, if necessary 6 

to see that guards for deserters are armed, &c ^. 6 

to see that descriptive lists of deserters are made 7 

to give voucher for apprehension of deserter 7 

to arrest drafted persons who fail to report at the end of ten 

days 7 

enjoined to strict and careful performance of duty 7 

to arrest spies and send them to general commanding 7 

to be er o/^'do member of board of enrolment g 

to give proper title in signing vouchers 19 

Q- 

Quartermaster, to furnish transportation for deserters, &c., on requisition 3 

to receive clothing, &c., taken from improper persons 5 

R. 

Eations to be issued by commissariat for provost marshal's parties 8 

accour^ts for payment of, to be refunded by commissary general 8 

to be issued on provision returns 9 

Recapitulation to be made of number of persons enrolled 11 

Eecords of board of enrolment to be fairly kept . 4 

Kefusal to deliver a deserter, punishment for 4 

Regulations concerning public money, accounts, &c 23,24,25 

Rent of office for provost marshal to be paid by contract , 2 

' ' rests' ' to be fixed by contract 8 

Reports, accounts, &c. , how to be kept and made up ,. 19 

Residences of all persons in distiict to be noted by enrolling officer 8 

Resistance to draft, penalty for 4 

• ' Rests, ' ' written agreement to be made for rent of 8 

to be established if deemed necessary 8 

deserters to be subsisted at 8 

where not established, deserters to be lodged in jail . 9 

to be used by guards, &c 9 

Returns, &c. , when and how to be rendered 19 

Reward for delivery of deserter 6 

s. 

Secretary of War, directions of, in regard to dividing a district - 10 

Seizure to be made of military clothing, when and how 5 

Special officers for arresting spies and deserters may be employed - 3 

Spies, duties of provost marshal concerning 7 

manner of treatment and disposition of -- 7 

expenses for arrest of - 8 

means for arrest of -- 3 



XII INDEX. 

Page. 

Spies, special officers to be detailed to arrest, if necessary 3 

transportation for -• 3 

State authorities to be requested to f urnisli enrolment lists 11 

an officer to be detailed in each, as acting assistant provost marshal general. 1 

records, information from, to be extracted for board of enrolment 1 

any, not divided into congressional districts, may be, for provost marshal.. 2 

Sub-districts, when and hivv they may be constituted 8 

Substitut«s for drafted men to be examined : 18 

Summary arrests to be resorted to in certain cases - -. . 4 

Surgeon of board of enrolment liable to charges, &c , when — 5 

to be tried by court-martial, when 5 

required to examine enrolled men 5 

to guard against deception 17 

directions how to examine drafted men 17, 18 

T. 

Territory, each of the United States, to form one or more enrolment districts . 2 

Township, when each maybe made a sub-district 8 

u. 

Uniformity in execution of enrolment act to be secured, how 1 

United States, one provost marshal general for 1 

to be divided into districts X 

each Territory to constitute one or more districts .- 2 

each congressional district to form one district , 2 

marshal to have custody of certain prisoners 4 

marshals and deputies to aid provost marshal if necessary 5 

V. 

Vice-President of the United States is exempt from draft.. IS 

Various executive departments of government, heads of, are exempt 13 

Vouchers must always support an expenditure 19 

to be complete in themselves 19 

must specify place and date of purchase 19 

full instructions concerning 19-23 

w. 

Ward, each, in a city, may be made a sub-district 8 



REGULATIONS 



THE GOVERNMENT 



BUREAU OF THE PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL 

OF 

THE UNITED STATES. 



OFFICERS DETAILED AS ACTING ASSISTANT PROVOST MARSHALS GENERAL FOR 

STATES. 

1. The officer detailed in eacli State to aid the War Department in securing 
uniformity in the execution of the enrolment act shall keep himself well in- 
formed as to the condition of the department throughout the State. He shall, 
under the provost marshal general of the United States, exercise supervision 
over the provost marshals and their subordinates for the congressional districts 
of that State. He shall communicate to them the orders and instructions of 
the provost marshal general, and see that they are promptly and efficiently 
executed. He shall from time to time give or transmit such instructions in 
accordance with these regulations, as hereinafter prescribed, as may be required 
to facilitate and enforce obedience to them. 

2. He shall forward to the provost marshal general, with his remarks, all 
communications transmitted through his office. 

3. He will communicate freely with the governor and other State, town, 
county, or city officers, and, with their sanction, will extract such information 
from their records as may facilitate the business of provost marshals and boards 
of enrolment. He shall communicate this and all other useful information to 
the provost marshals or boards of enrolment, and shall obtain from them copies 
of such reports and rolls as may be required for the records of the State 
authorities. 

4. He shall make full and frequent reports to the provost marshal general 
on the condition and wants of the service in the State ; and shall apply to him 
for instructions regarding all doubtful points in the discharge of his duty. 

3 



PROVOST marshals' DISTRICTS. 

5. The following is from section 4tli of the act for enrolling and calling out 
the national forces, &c., approved March 3, 1863: "That for greater conve- 
nience in enrolling, calling out, and organizing the national forces, and for the 
arrest of deserters and spies of the enemy, the United States shall be divided 
into districts, of which the District of Columbia shall constitute one, each Ter- 
ritory of the United States shall constitute one or more, as the President shall 
direct, and each congressional district of the respective States, as fixed by law 
of the State next preceding the enrolment, shall constitute one : Provided, 
That in States which have not by their laws been divided into two or more con- 
gressional districts, the President of the United States shall divide the same 
into so many enrolment districts as he may deem fit and convenient." 

I'ROVOST MARSHALS. 

6. The following is from section 5th of the act for enrolling and calling out 
the national forces, &c., approved March 3, 1863 : " That for each of said dis- 
tricts there shall be appointed by the President a provost marshal, with the rank, 
pay, and emoluments of a captain of cavalry, or an officer of said rank shall be 
detailed by the President, who shall be under the direction and subject to the 
orders of a provost marshal general, appointed or detailed by the President of 
the United States, whose office shall be at the seat of government, forming a 
separate bureau of the War Department, and Avliose rank, pay, and emoluments 
shall be those of a colonel of cavalry." 

DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS. 

7. The headquarters of each district shall be fixed and announced by the 
provost marshal general. 

8. Each provost marshal shall take post at the headquarters of his district. 

9. Each provost marshal, on taking post, shall, if there be no government build- 
ing suitable for the purpose, make, subject to approval, written agreement for the 
rent of an office, upon the most reasonable terms possible ; and two copies of this 
contract shall be forwarded immediately to the provost marshal general. This 
office will consist of not more than three rooms ; one of which shall be used by 
the board of enrolment during its sessions, and may be devoted at other times 
to the wants of the service. The rent will be paid as hereinafter provided for 
other accounts. 

10. Each provost marshal may employ two clerks, subject to the approval of 
the provost marshal general, and at a rate of compensation to be fixed by him- 
One of these clerks shall, in addition to his other duties, act as recorder of the 
board of enrolment; and both may be appointed deputy provost marshals for 
local purposes, but shall not be entitled to additional compensation therefor. 
Provost marshals, in reporting the appointments of their clerks, will send to the 
provost marshal general a specimen of the handwriting of each one appointed, 
and shall recommend the amount of compensation proper to be allowed him. 



DEPUTY PROVOST MARSHALS AND AGENTS. 

11. Two deputy provost marshals for eacli district composed of more tlian one 
county may be appointed, subject to the approval of the provost marshal general; 
and if more are thought to be necessary, the mimber required, the places where, 
and the reasons why, with all the facts, will be reported through the acting 
assistant provost marshal general for the State, with such recommendations in 
each case as may be deemed pertinent. The pay of a deputy provost marshal 
shall not be more than $100 per month. 

12. Special officers or agents, for detecting and arresting deserters and spies, 
may be employed when necessary, but not more than four shall be employed 
in a district without the approval of the provost marshal general. They may 
be paid at the rate of forty (40) to sixty-five (65) dollars per month, depending 
on their usefulness. 

DUTIES OF PROVOST MARSHALS. 

13. Immediately upon entering upon his duties, each provost marshal shall 
report by letter to the proA^ost marshal general of the United States and the 
acting assistant provost marshal general for his State. In case no such acting 
9,ssistant provost marshal general has been assigned, he will place himself at 
once in communication with the governor of the State. 

14. He will place himself in communication with the principal executive offi- 
cers of the civil service within his district, and all officers commanding organized 
military forces therein. He shall also acquaint himself with the approximate 
strength of these forces, and the regular stations occupied by them. 

15. He shall see to securing and rendering the vouchers and accounts in- 
cident to all services pertaining to his office. 

16. Section 7th, act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, approved 
March 3, 1863, is as follows: "And he it further enacted, That it shall be the 
duty of the provost marshals to arrest all desei-ters, whether regulars, volunteers, 
militiamen, or persons called into the service under this or any other act of 
Congress, wherever they may be found, and to send them to the nearest military 
commander or military post ; to detect, seize, and confine spies of the enemy, 
who shall, without unreasonable delay, be delivered to the custody of the general 
commanding the department in which they may be arrested, to be tried as soon 
as the exigencies of the service permit; to obey all lawful orders and regulations 
of the provost marshal general, and such as may be prescribed by law, con- 
cerning the enrolment aiad calling into service of the national forces." 

17. When transportation is required by the provost marshal for deserters 
after their arrest, or for the military guards in charge of them, he shall make 
requisition for it on the United States quartermaster, if there be one accessible ; 
if not, he shall procure transportation and take vouchers as hereinafter provided. 

18. It shall be the duty of the provost marshal in each district to call 
together, whenever reqiiired, the board of enrolment ; to preside at its sessions, 



announce such of its decisions or directions as it may be necessary to make 
public, enforce its orders, see that a fair record is made of its proceedings in 
a book kept for that purpose by the recorder, and to transmit to the provost 
marshal general the enrolment lists, as consolidated by the board, and such 
other communications as the board may deem it necessary to lay before the 
provost marshal general. 

19. The provost marshal shall himself, or through his deputies, carry out 
that part of section 12th of the enrolment act which reqmres that the persons 
drawn in the draft " shall be notified of the same within ten days thereafter, 
by a written or printed notice, to be served personally, or by leaving a copy, 
at the last place of residence, requiring them to appear at a designated rendez- 
vous to report for duty." And all persons so drawn in the draft shall report at 
the place of rendezvous on the day required by said notice, which shall be 
within ten days after such notice has been thus served upon them. 

20. He shall file with the district attorney of the United States, for the 
district in which the offence shall have been committed, written information, con- 
taining a report of the facts against any and all persons within his district who 
shall have violated section 24th of the enrolment act, or any part of the same, 
which section is in the following terms, to wit: 

" Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That every person not subject to the 
rules and articles of war who shall procure or entice, or attempt to procure or 
entice, a soldier in the service of the United States to desert ; or who shall harbor, 
conceal, or give employment to a deserter, or cany him away, or aid in carrying 
him away, knowing him to be such ; or who shall purchase from any soldier his 
arms, equipments, ammunition, uniform, clothing, or any part thereof; and any 
captain or commanding ofiicer of any ship or vessel, or any superintendent or 
conductor of any railroad, or any other public conveyance, carrying away any 
such soldier as one of his crew or otherwise, knowing him to have deserted, or 
shall refuse to deliver him up to the orders of his commanding officer, shall, 
upon legal conviction, be fined, at the discretion of any court having cognizance 
of the same, in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, and he shall be 
imprisoned not exceeding two years nor less than six months." 

21. He shall arrest and forthwith deliver to the proper civil authorities, 
to wit, the marshal of the United States Avithin and for the district in which 
the arrest is made, with written charges in the case, any and all persons who, 
shall have violated section 25th of the enrolment act, or any part of the same, 
which section is in the following terms, to wit : 

" Sec. 25. And he it furtlier enacted. That if any person shall resist any draft 
of men enrolled under this act into the service of the United States, or shall 
counsel or aid any person to resist any such draft, or shall assault or obstruct 
any officer in making such draft, or in the performance of any service in relation 
thereto, or shall counsel any person to assault or obstruct any such officer, or 
shall counsel any drafted men not to appear at the place of rendezvous, or wil- 
fully dissuade them from the performance of military duty as required by law 



such person shall be subject to summary arrest by the provost marshal, and 
shall be forthwith delivered to the civil authorities, and, upon conviction thereof, 
be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment 
not exceeding two years, or by both of said punishments." 

Provost marshals are required to execute this duty with firmness, but with 
prudence and good judgment, and without unnecessary harshness. 

22. It shall be the duty of the provost marshal to prepare and forward, 
through the assistant provost marshal general for his State, to the provost mar- 
shal general, charges and specifications in due form against the surgeon of the 
board of enrolment in his district, if said surgeon omits any of the duties, or 
renders himself liable to any of the penalties set forth in sections 14th and 15th 
of the enrolment act, which are in the following terms, to wit : 

" Sec. 14. And be it further enacted. That all drafted persons shall, on arriving 
at the rendezvous, be carefully inspected by the surgeon of the board, who shall 
truly report to the board the physical condition of each one ; and all persons 
drafted and claiming exemption from military duty on account of disability, or 
any other cause, shall present their claims to be exempted to the board, whose 
decision shall be final." 

"Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That any surgeon charged with the duty 
of such inspection who shall receive from any person whomsoever any money or 
other valuable thing, or agree, directly or indirectly, to receive the same to his 
own or another's use, for making an imperfect inspection or a false or incorrect 
report, or who shall wilfully neglect to make a fiiithful inspection and true report > 
shall be tried by a court-martial, and, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine 
not exceeding five hundred dollars nor less than two hundred, and be imprisoned 
at the discretion of the court, and be cashiered and dismissed from the service." 

23. The provost marshal shall, so far as it may be in his power, make the 
seizures provided for in section 23d of the enrolment act, which section is in the 
following terms, to wit : 

" Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, That the clothes, arms, military outfits, 
and accoutrements furnished by the United States to any soldier shall not be 
sold, bartered, exchanged, pledged, loaned, or given away ; and no person not a 
soldier, or duly authorized officer of the United States, who has possession of 
any such clothes, arms, military outfits, or accoutrements, furnished as aforesaid, 
and which have been the subjects of any such sale, barter, exchange, pledge, 
loan, or gift, shall have any right, title, or interest therein ; but the same may be 
seized and taken wherever found by any officer of the United States, civil or 
military, and shall thereupon be delivered to any quartermaster or other officer 
authorized to receive the same ; and the possession of any such clothes, arms, 
military outfits, or accoutrements, by any person not a soldier or officer of the 
United States, shall be prima facie evidence of such a sale, barter, exchange, 
pledge, loan, or gift, as aforesaid." 

24. Provost marshals are expected and required to complete all business 
which may originate in or properly belong to their respective districts, though 



in doing so, they or their deputies or agents may, for the time, be carried within 
the geographical limits of other districts. 

25. To enable provost marshals to discharge their duties efficiently, they 
are authorized to call upon the nearest available military force, or on citizens 
as s, posse comitatus, or on United States marshals and deputy marshals ; and 
these and all other persons are hereby enjoined to aid the provost marshal in 
the execution of his lawful duties when called on so to do. 

26. Provost marshals will report, from time to time, as to what they 
deem necessary to secure an efficient performance of the duties required of them, 
and a comjjlete execution of the law under which they act, giving the names and 
object of employes proposed. 

27. Each provost marshal shall conform to the special instructions herein- 
after set forth, and communicate promptly and fully, through the acting assistant 
provost marshal general for his State, such information and suggestions as he 
may deem of importance. 

APPREHENSION AND DELIVERY OF DESERTERS. 

28. Every possible effort must be made by the provost marshal to secure the 
arrest of all deserters within his district ; he shall see that they are properly held 
after arrest, and that all deserters arrested by other parties and presented to 
him, or at his headquarters, are promptly received and held in secure custody 
until delivered at the nearest military station. 

29. The five dollars reward authorized by law for the delivery of a deserter 
is, of course, only due in case the man presented is actually a deserter. It is, Iioav- 
ever, ordered that the provost marshal shall decide whether the reward shall be paid 
or withheld ; and he is directed to permit as little delay as possible in making 
this decision, in order that persons who bring deserters may receive the reward 
surely and promptly. 

30. Provost marshals or deputy provost marshals are not entitled to receive 
the reward for the apprehension of deserters. 

31. Provost marshals shall keep books in which they shall enter the 
description of all deserters and other persons received as prisoners by them, with 
such dates and remarks, as maybe proper to complete, as far as practicable, the 
history of the arrest and of the man. They shall also keep such other books 
as may be necessary to preserve a complete history of their correspondence and 
business. 

32. Where there is a military station in the immediate vicinity of the head- 
quarters of the district, the provost marshal will send the deserters to it on the day 
of, or day following their arrest by, or delivery to, him. Where, however, the 
district headquarters are remote from all military stations, the deserters Avill be 
sent tri-monthly, or oftener if there be more than five on hand at any interme- 
diate period. 

33. When it is necessary to conduct and guard deserters from district 
headquarters to a military station, and there be no militarv force available for 



tliis service, the provost marshal may employ a suitable special guard, under 
a deputy, to accompany the prisoners. The members of the guard may be 
allowed, for the time actually and necessarily employed in the trip, a per diem of 
not more than $1, besides their actual expenses, provided they accomplish the 
duty assigned them. 

34. The provost marshal shall see that the guards, sent from his' district 
to the military station in charge of deserters, are armed, and instructed to prevent 
the escape of those in their custody. 

35. The district provost marshal shall see that descriptive lists, in dupli- 
cate, are made of every deserter, or party of deserters, sent off by him. These 
lists will be taken by the provost marshal or deputy in charge of the deserters 
to the officer to whom the deserters are turned over; this latter officer will retain 
one, and return the other, giving a receipt for the deserters, by name, on the back 
of it; this copy of the descriptive list will accompany the provost marshal's 
monthly report to the provost marshal general of persons arrested. The ex- 
penses incurred in the apprehension of deserters, and the five dollars paid as 
reward, if this sum has been justly claimed and a voucher given by the provost 
marshal for it, will be stated opposite each man's name on the descriptive lists. 
None of the expenses, however, incurred on the deserter's account after he has 
been received by the provost marshal shall be charged against him. 

36. By section 13th of the enrolment act, -any person failing to report 
after due service of notice, as prescribed in the act, without furnishing a sub- 
stitute, or paying the requisite sum therefor, shall be deemed a deserter, and 
shall be arrested by the provost marshal and sent to the nearest military post 
for trial by court-martial, unless, upon proper showing that he is not liable to 
do military duty, the board of enrolment shall relieve him from draft. In case 
of such arrests, the provost marshal shall send with each deserter to the military 
post written charges against him. 

37. Provost marshals, while enjoined to a strict and inflexible performance 
of duty, are warned against improper arrests. It may happen that discharged 
soldiers may be imposed upon and deprived of their papers, and then delivered, 
for reward, to the provost marshal as deserters. Sagacity and prompt and close 
scrutiny of every case, on the part of provost marshals, must be exercised to 
prevent abuse or hardship of this nature. 

SPIES. 

38. It is the duty of provost marshals " to detect, seize, and confine spies 
of the enemy who shall, without unreasonable delay, be delivered to the 
custody of the general commanding the department in which they may be 
arrested." 

39. Spies, when arrested, must be securely guarded and conducted to the cus- 
tody of the general commanding the department, by military or special guards, 
in a manner similar to that heretofore provided for deserters. 

40. The accounts for all expenses in regard to the arrest, confinement, trans- 



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portation, and subsistence of spies will be similar to those prescribed for deserters. 
The fact of tlieir being rendered in relation to a spy and not to a deserter must 
be stated. 

RESTS. — QUARTERING AND SUBSISTING PROVOST MARSHALS' PARTIES. 

41 . Written agreements will be made by provost marshals for the rent of 
"rests," upon the most reasonable terms possible, subject to approval; and two 
copies of this contract forwarded immediately to the provost marshal general. 
The rent will be paid as hereinafter directed for other accounts. 

42. Where district headquarters are in cities, or elsewhere, within reach of 
any of the regular posts, encampments, " Soldiers' Rests," or other places of 
accommodation provided by the government, or by the public, for soldiers, the 
provost marshal shall make it his duty to avail himself of them in providing for 
deserters, stragglers, &c. ; and when moving deserters or other men under his 
control from one point to another, he shall seek and avail himself of these places 
of accommodation. If there be no such places of accommodation within con- 
venient reach of district headquarters, the provost marshal shall at once estab- 
lish a "rest," by Avritten agreement with some responsible party, to provide 
cooked rations, on demand, for as many soldiers as he may, from time to time, 
present, and at a rate not to exceed thirty cents a day for each person actually 
subsisted. 

43. After deserters are received by the provost marshal, they and the guards 
in charge of them miist be subsisted at the "rest " or station as heretofore provided. 

44. When subsistence cannot be issued by the commissariat to the provost 
marshals' parties, it will be procured by the provost marshal on written contracts, 

when practicable, for complete rations. If the rati(m cannot be procured thus, 
then a contract will be made for board and lodging. The aggregate cost of 
board and lodging should never exceed forty cents per diem ; as a general rule, 
experience has indicated that it should be much less. 

45. Accounts for subsistence of persons in the military service will be kept 
distiiact from those for citizens, such as citizen employes of the provost mar- 
shal's department, spies, or others not officers or soldiers in United States 

^ service. 

46. The contractor Avill send for payment monthly or quarterly, at his option, 
his accounts for rations issued to persons in military service, to the commissary 
general; and for citizens and drafted men while at the rendezvous, to the provost 
marshal general. 

47. AVhen convenience and economy require that the contract shall be for 
board and lodging, the contract shall state the amount for each separately. The 
contractor will be paid for board as prescribed in the preceding paragraph ; and 
for lodging from the provost marshal general's funds as hereinafter directed. 

48. When a contract cannot be made, the provost marshal may make arrange- 
ments for the payment of the necessary expenses of subsisting and boarding 
his party. 



49. When issues of rations are made in kind, it will be done on the usual 
provision returns. Board will be furnished on a return, showing the nvmiber of 
the party, the days and dates. 

50. Lodging will be furnished on a return, showing the number of men, days, 
and dates for each. From these returns the abstract is made up. — (Form 19.) 

51. Where "rests" have not been established, and no place of security is at 
hand, prisoners in charge of provost marshals' parties may be quartered in jails. 
In such cases the ordinary jail-fees will be paid in lieu of board and lodging. 
(See paragraph 118.) 

52. When prisoners are to be sent from a station to their destination, as pro- 
vided in section 7 of the enrolment act of March 3, 1863, they and their 
guards will be supplied, before leaving the station, with cooked provisions for 
the trip. 

53. Upon their return, or when travelling on duty, the guards must, when 
practicable, avail themselves of the "rests " or stations on the route. 

BOARDS OF ENROLMENT. 

54. Section 8tli of act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, 
&c., approved March 3, 1863, provides "That in each of said districts there 
shall be a board of enrolment, to be composed of the provost marshal as 
president, and two other persons, to be appointed by the President of the 
United States, one of whom shall be a licensed and practicing physician and 
surgeon." 

55. Section 5th of act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the 
government for the year ending June 30, 1864, and for the year ending 
June 30, 1863, and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1863, provides 
" That the surgeon and the citizen at large, who are, with the provost marshal, 
to form the enrolling board of each congressional district, shall receive the com- 
pensation of an assistant surgeon of the army, excluding commutation for fuel 
and quarters for the time actually employed, and that the same may be paid by 
the Secretary of War out of appropriations already made for the services of 
that department." Payment shall be made to them and to the provost marshal 
by the pay department. 

DUTIES OF BOARDS OF ENROLMENT. 

56. Section 9th of act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, &c., 
approved March 3, 1863, provides "That it shall be the duty of the said board 
to divide the district into sub- districts of convenient size, if they shall deem it 
necessary, not exceeding two, withoiit the direction of the Secretary of War, 
and to appoint, on or before the 10th day of March next, and in each alter- 
nate year thereafter, an enrolling officer for each sub-district, and to furnish 
him with proper blanks and instructions ; and he shall immediately proceed 
to enroll all persons subject to military duty, noting their respective places of 
residence, ages on the first day of July following, and their occupation, and 



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shall, on or before the first day of April, report tlie same to the board of 
enrolment, to be consolidated into one list, a copy of which shall be trans- 
mitted to the provost marshal general, on or before the first day of May 
succeeding the enrolment : Provided, nevertheless, That if, from any cause, the 
duties prescribed by this section cannot be performed within the time specified, 
then the same shall be performed as soon thereafter as practicable." 

57. To carry out the provisions of the foregoing act, and for the purpose of 
enrolment, the board in each district is hereby directed by the Secretary of War 
to divide each district, Avhenever the board shall deem it expedient, into sub- 
districts at the rate of one for each ward of a city ; and if the board deem it best, 
one or more townships of a county may constitute a sub-district, where the 
population is dense, or a county may be made a sub-district in sparsely settled 
regions. The object to be kept in view by the board shall be to make such 
subdivisions as to insure the completion of the enrolment at the earliest date 
practicable. 

58. The board shall, by its majority, appoint, with the least practicable delay, 
an enrolling ofiicer for each sub-district, and shall take pains to see that fit and 
proper j)ersons are selected for this duty. Assessors, if otherwise suitable, are 
preferable for this position. The enrolling officers may be paid not to exceed 
three dollars per diem for the time actually employed. 

59. The board will give the enrolling officers all necessary instructions, as 
they act under its direction. 

60. The board shall require of each enrolling officer, before he enters on his 
duties, an oath duly administered and witnessed, that he will perform faithfully, 
and without partiality, favor, or afiection, all the duties of his office as enrolling 
officer of the sub-district to AA^hich he is appointed, and that he will obey all 
lawful instructions of the board of enrolment. 

61. The enrolling officer for each district or sub-district shall, immediately 
upon his appointment, proceed to enroll all persons subject to military duty 
under the provisions of the act for enrolling and calling out the national forces* 
He shall note their respective places of resideace, their ages, as they will be upon 
the 1st day of July, 1863, their color, whether Avhite or black, and their occu- 
pations, respectively. 

Q2. This enrolment must include : 

1. All able-bodied male citizens of the United States, between the ages 

of twenty and forty-five years, not exempt from military service 
by law. 

2. All persons of foreign birth, not so exempted, who shall have declared, 

on oath, their intention to become citizens of the United States 
under and in pursuance of the laws thereof. 
63. Section 3d of act for enrolHng and calling out the national forces, &c., ap- 
proved March 3, 1863, provides "That the national forces of the United States 
not now in the military service, enrolled under this act, shall be divided into 
two classes : the first of which shall comprise all persons subject to do military 



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duty between tlie ages of twenty and tliirty-five years, and all unmarried per- 
sons subject to do military duty above the age of thirty-five and under the age 
of forty-five ; the second class shall comprise all other j)Pi'^ons subject to do 
military duty ; and they shall not, in any district, be called into the service of 
the United States until those of the first class shall have been called." 

64. The enrolment of each class shall be made separately, on sheets by 
itself, (Forms 35 and 36 ;) but the enrolment of both classes shall be carried on 
at the same time. 

65. Persons having their legal domicile within any district are not exempt 
from enrolment therein by reason of temporary absence therefrom. Students 
in colleges or schools, teachers, apprentices, sailors, travellers, travelling mer- 
chants and similar classes of citizens, must be enrolled in the districts in which 
they have their respective domiciles. 

66. The board shall req[uire the enrolling ofiicers to judge of the ages of 
individuals by the best information they can obtain in each case, but always to 
make a decision as to whether the person in question is subject to enrolment, 
and if so, in which class, and to enroll him accordingly. The board will decide 
questions of exemption on account of age, when brought before it, under the 
law, by the persons enrolled. 

67. In city districts the board shall require the enrolling officers to submit 
their lists, as far as completed, daily or every other day; and if the district is com- 
posed of a county, the lists shall be required twice a week, or weekly if the 
board deem it best. As soon as these partial lists are received by the board, 
they must be entered on the copy for the provost marshal general, ali)haheti- 
cally arranged. 

68. As soon as the enrolment is completed in each district, the consolidated 
list for the provost marshal general, with the names alphabetically arranged, 
must be completed and forwarded direct to him with the least possible delay. 

69. The board shall preserve the rolls of the enrolment sub-districts ; 
and on the consolidated lists for the provost marshal general, a recapitulation 
shall be made in figures, (according to form,) showing the number of men, 
whether white or colored, of each class enrolled in each ward or township, and 
the total number of each class enrolled in the district. 

70. Where complete enrolments have been lately made by State authority, 
copies thereof will be obtained, if practicable, and used in making or verifying 
the new enrolments. 

71. Whenever any part of the national forces in a district is to be called 
out, the number of men to come from each district will be announced to the 
board, through the provost marshal general, with specific instructions as to the 
sub-divisions to be considered for the district with a view to making the appor- 
tionment. 

72. The board shall make the apportionment according to the sub-districts to 
be considered, and shall then make the draft for each sub-district of the number 
of men required, and fifty per cent, in addition. 



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73. The board shall make an exact and complete roll of the names of the 
persons drafted, and of the order in which they were drawn, so that the first 
drawn may stand first on the said roll, and the second may stand second, and 
so on. The draft shall take place at the headquarters of the district. It shall 
be public, and under the direction of the board of enrolment. The name of each 
person enrolled shall be placed in a box to be provided for the purpose, and the 
provost marshal, or some person designated by him, (the drawer to be blindfolded,) 
shall draw therefrom one name at a time until the required number is obtained. 

74. The exact and complete roll of the names of persons drawn in the draft 
shall be entered by the board in a book to be kept for that pui-pose, ruled and 
headed to correspond with the descriptive roll of drafted men. — (Form 34.) 

75. The number required to fill the call will be taken from this roll, by 
commencing at the first name, and taking in order, until the required number is 
obtained, all who are not, by the board, decided to be excepted and exempt 
under the provisions of the enrolment act. 

76. The names of the men, thus called into service, will be entered on " de- 
scriptive rolls," (in triplicate,) signed by the board. One copy of this roll will 
be sent to the provost marshal general dii'ect, one copy to the acting assistant 
provost marshal general of the State, and one will be retained by the provost 
marshal. 

77. Certified extracts from this descriptive roll shall be made in duplicate by 
the provost marshal for every party of drafted men sent off, and sent with the 
party to the officer to whom the party is to be delivered. One copy is to be 
retained by this officer, and the other is to be returned, with a receipt for the 
party as delivered to him on the back. The returned copy will accompany the 
provost marshal's monthly report to the provost marshal general. 

78. The board shall note on the roll-book of drafted men, in the column of 
remarks opposite each man's name, the dis^iosition made of him — whether called 
into service and sent to the rendezvous, exempted by the board, replaced by a 
substitute, commuted for, deserted, or discharged as not being required. 

79. The substitute whom any drafted person is authorized, by section 13th 
of the enrolment act, to furnish, must be presented to the board of enrolment ; 
and it shall be the duty of the board to examine him, and, if accepted, to place 
his name on the book of persons drafted, with explanatory remarks. His name 
will then be transcribed on the descriptive rolls of men called into service. 

80. Certificates of exemption from the draft, by reason of having provided 
a substitute, or having paid commutation money, shall be furnished by the board 
of enrolment according to form 31. A discharge from one draft furnishes no 
exemption from any subsequent draft, except that when the person drafted has 
furnished an acceptable substitute, and has received a certificate of discharge 
from a preceding draft, he shall be held exempt from military duty during the 
time for which he had been drafted and for which such substitute was furnished- 

81. The board shall furnish a discharge (Form 31) from further liabilities 
under the particular draft, to any drafted person who presents a hona fide receipt, 



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for tlie sum announced in orders for the procuration of substitutes, from tlie per- 
son authorized by the Secretary of War to receive it. 

82. All persons exempted from the draft by the board (section 14, enrol- 
ment act,) shall be furnished with certificate of the fact, (Form 32,) and all per- 
sons "discharged," after the required number of able-bodied men shall have been 
obtained, shall be furnished by the board with a certificate. — (Form 33.) 

83. The character and amount of evidence rec|uisite to decide the question 
of disqualification on account of age must be determined by the board of enrol- 
ment. Such disqualification should be clearly and fully proved to the board, 
before exemption is granted under this plea. The following rules should be 
carefully regarded, viz : 

The affidavit of the person claiming exemption must, in all cases, be required, 
supported by as much of the following testimony as can be obtained, or may be 
deemed requisite : 

1. By an authenticated extract from the legal registry of births if there 

be any such registry. 

2. By any other authenticated documentary evidence tending to establish 

the fact of age. 

3. By the affidavit of the parents. 

4. By the affidavits of such other respectable persons, (not less than two,) 

heads of families, as are most likely to be informed on the subject. 
The amount of evidence herein required to establish a claim to exemption is 
the least which the board should accept ; and if in any case the board has reason 
to doubt the character or sufficiency of the evidence presented, it should decline 
granting the exemption, unless such additional proof as it may require be pro- 
duced in time to be considered, without delaying the business of the draft. 

EXEMPTIONS, AND RULES OF EVIDENCE, BY WHICH THEY ARE TO BE 

DETERMINED. 

84. Section 2, act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, &c., 
approved March 3, 1863, provides as follows: "That the following persons 
be, and they are hereby, excepted and exempt from the pi-ovisions of this 
act, and shall not be liable to military duty under the same, to wit : Such as are 
rejected as physically or mentally unfit for the service; also, first, the Vice- 
President of the United States, the judges of the various courts of the United 
States, the heads of the various executive departments of the government, and 
the governors of the several States. Second, the only son liable to military duty, 
of a widow dependent upon his labor for support. Third, the only son of aged 
or infirm parent or parents dependent upon his labor for support. Fourth, 
where there are two or more sons of aged or infirm parents subject to draft, the 
father, or, if he be dead, the mother, may elect which son shall be exempt. 
Fifth, the only brother of children not twelve years old, having neither father 
nor mother, dependent upon his labor for support. Sixth, the father of mother- 
less children under twelve years of age, dependent upon his labor for support. 



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Seventh, where there are a father and sons in the same family and household, 
and two'of them are in the military service of the United States as non-commis- 
'sioned officers, musicians, or privates, the residue of such family and household, 
not exceeding two, shall be exempt. And no persons hut such as are herein 
excepted shSl be exempt : Provided, however, That no person who has been 
convicted of any felony shall be enrolled or permitted to serve in said forces." 

85. The following diseases and infirmities are those which disqualify for 
military service, and for which only, drafted men are to be "rejected as phy- 
sically or mentally ixnfit for the service," viz : 

1. Manifest imbecility or insanity. 

2. Epilepsy. For this disability the statement of the drafted man is 

insufficient, and the fact must be established by the duly attested 
affidavit of a physician, of good standing, who has attended him in 
a convulsion. 

3. Paralysis, general or of one limb, or chorea ; their existence to be 

adequately determined. 

4. Acute or organic diseases of the brain or spinal chord ; of the heart 

or lungs ; of the stomach or intestines ; of the liver or spleen ; of 
the kidneys or bladder, sufficient to have impaired the general 
health, or so well marked as to leave no reasonable doubt of the 
man's incapacity for military service. 

5. Confirmed consumption; cancer; aneurism of the large arteries. 

6. Inveterate and extensive disease of the skin, which will necessarily 

impair his efficiency as a soldier. 

7. Decided feebleness of constitution, whether natural or acquired. 

8. Scrofula or constitutional syphilis, which has resisted treatment and 

seriously impaired his general health. 

9. Habitual and confirmed intemperance or solitary vice, in degree suffi- 

cient to have materially enfeebled the constitution. 

10. Chronic rheumatism, unless manifested by positive change of struc- 

ture, wasting of the affected limb, or puffiness or distortion of the 
joints, does not exempt. Impaired motion of joints and contraction 
of the limbs alleged to arise from rheumatism, and in which the 
nutrition of the limb is not manifestly impaired, are to be proved by 
examination while in a state of anaesthesia induced by ether only. 

11. Pain, whether simulating headache, neuralgia in any of its forms, 
rheumatism, lumbago, or affections of the muscles, bones, or joints, 
is a symptom of disease so easily pretended that it is not to be ad- 
mitted as a cause for exemption unless accompanied with manifest 
derangement of the general health, wasting of a limb, or other posi- 
tive sign of disqualifying local disease. 

12. Great injuries or diseases of the skull, occasioning impairment of the 

intellectual faculties, epilepsy, or other manifest nervous or spas- 
modic symptoms. 



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13. Total loss of sight ; loss of sight of right eye ; cataract; loss of crys- 

talline lens of right eye. 

14. Other serious diseases of the eye affecting its integrity and use, 
e. g.: chronic ophthalmia, fistula lachrymalis, ptosis, (if real,) ectro- 
pion, entropion, &c. Myopia, unless very decided or depending 
upon some structural change in the eye, is not a cause for exemption. 

15. Loss of nose; deformity of nose so great as seriously to obstruct 
respiration ; ozoena, dependent upon caries in progress. 

16. Complete deafness. This disability must not be admitted on the 

mere statement of the drafted man, but must be proved by the ex- 
istence of positive disease, or by other satisfactory evidence. Puru- 
lent otorrhoea. 

17. Caries of the superior or inferior maxilla, of the nasal or palate 

bones, if in progress ; cleft palate, (bony ;) extensive loss of substance 
of the cheeks, or salivary fistula. 
IS. Dumbness; permanent loss of voice; not to be admitted without 
clear and satisfactory proof. 

19. Total loss of tongue; mutilation or partial loss of tongue, provided 

the mutilation be extensive enough to interfere with the necessary 
use of the organ. 

20. Hypertrophy or atrophy of the tongue, sufficient in degree to impair 

speech or deglutition ; obstinate chronic ulceration of the tongue. 

21. Stammering, if excessive and confirmed; to be established by satis- 
factory evidence, under oath. 

22. Loss of a sufficient number of teeth to prevent proper mastication of 

food and tearing the cartridge. 

23. Incurable deformities or loss of part of either jaw, hindering biting 

of the cartridge or proper mastication, or greatly injuring speech ; 
anchylosis of lower jaw. 

24. Tumors of the neck, impeding respiration or deglutition; fistula of 

larynx or trachea; torticollis, if of long standing and well marked. 

25. Deformity of the chest sufficient to impede respiration, or to prevent 

the carrying of arms and military equipments ; caries of the ribs. 

26. Deficient amplitude and power of expansion of chest. A man five 

feet three inches (minimum standard height for the regular army,) 
should not measure less than thirty inches in circumference immedi- 
ately above the nipples, and have an expansive mobility of not less 
than two inches. 

27. Abdomen grossly protuberant; excessive obesity; hernia, either in- 

guinal or femoral. 

28. Artificial anus; stricture of the rectum; prolapsus ani. Fistula in 
ano is not a positive disqualification, but may be so, if extensive or 
complicated with visceral disease. 

29. Old and ulcerated internal hsemorrhoids, if in degree sufficient to 



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impair the 'man's efficiency. External lisemoi-rhoids are no cause 
for exemption. 

30. Total loss or nearly total loss of penis ; epispadia or hypospadia at 

the middle or near the root of the penis. 

31. Incurable permanent organic stricture of the urethra, in which the 

urine is passed drop by drop, or which is complicated by disease of 
the bladder ; urinary fistula. Recent or spasmodic stricture of the 
urethra, does not exempt, 

32. Incontinence of urine, being a disease frequently feigned and of rare 

occurrence, is not, of itself, a cause for exemption. Stone in the 
bladder, ascertained by the introduction of the metallic catheter, is 
a positive disqualification. 

33. Loss or complete atrophy of both testicles from any cause; perma- 
nent retention of one or both testicles within the inguinal canal ; but 
voluntary retraction does not exempt. 

34. Confinned or malignant sarcocele; hydrocele, if complicated with 
organic disease of the testicle. Varicocele and cirsocele are not, in 
themselves, disqualifying. 

35. Excessive anterior or posterior curvature of the spine ; caries of the 

spine. 

36. Loss of an arm, forearm, hand, thigh, leg, or foot. 

37. Wounds, fractures, tumors, atrophy of a limb, or chronic diseases of 

the joints or bones, that would impede marching or prevent con- 
tinuous muscular exertion. 

38. Anchylosis or irreducible dislocation of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, 

hip, knee, or ankle joint. 

39. Muscular or cutaneous contractions from wounds or burns, in degree 

sufficient to prevent useful motion of a limb. 

40. Total loss of a thumb ; loss of ungual phalanx of right thumb. 

41. Total loss of any two fingers of same hand. 

42. Total loss of index finger of right hand. 

43. Loss of the first and second phalanges of the fingers of right hand. 

44. Permanent extension or pennanent contraction of any finger except 

the little finger; all the fingers adherent or united. 

45. Total loss of either great toe; loss of any three toes on the same 

foot; all the toes joined together, 

46. The great toe crossing the other toes with great prominence of the 

articiilation of the metatarsal bone and first phalanx of the great toe. 

47. Overriding or superposition of all the toes. 

48. Permanent retraction of the last phalanx of one of the toes, so that 

the fi-ee border of the nail bears upon the ground ; or flexion at a 
right angle of the first phalanx of a toe upon a second, Avith anchy- 
losis of this articulation. 

49. Club feet; splay feet, where the arch is so far efiliced that the tuber- 



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osity of tlie scaplioid bone touches tlie ground and the line of station 
runs along the whole internal border of the foot, with great promi- 
nence of the inner ankle ; but ordinary, large, ill-shaped or flat feet 
do not exempt. 

50, Varicose veins of inferior extremities, if large and numerous, having 

clusters of knots, and accompanied with chronic swellings or ulcera- 
tions. 

51. Chronic ulcers; extensive, deep, and adherent cicatrices of lower 
extremities. 

86. No certificate of a physician or surgeon is to be received in support of any 
point in the claim of drafted men for exemption from military service, unless 
the facts and statements therein set forth are affirmed or sworn to before a civil 
magistrate competent to administer oaths. 

87. The exempts under the first provision of section 2 of the act for 
enrolling and calling out the national forces, &c., will generally be sufficiently 
Avell known to the board to obviate the necessity of evidence with regard to 
them. Should, however, the board consider it necessary, in any case, the com- 
mission or certificate of office of any person claiming exemption under the pro- 
vision mentione(i may be required to be shown. 

88. To establish exemption under the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth 
provisions of section 2 of the act for enrolling and calling out the national 
forces, &c., the board shall require the affidavits of the person seeking to 
be exempt and of two respectable men, (heads of families,) residing in the dis- 
trict, that the man in question is " t/te only son liable to military duty of a 
widow dependent on his lahor for support,'' "■ the only son of aged or infirm 
parent or parents dependent on his labor for support,'" or otherwise, according 
to the particular provision of the section under which the exemption is claimed. 
These affidavits will be made according to the forms hereinafter pi-escribed, and 
must in all cases be taken before a civil magistrate duly authorized to administer 
oaths. These forms of affidavits shall be published by the board of enrol- 
ment in the newspapers of the district, for the information of the public, when a 
draft is ordered. 

89. When a claim for exemption is made under the seventh provision of 
section 2 of the act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, &c., the 
board shall apply to the provost marshal general for the necessary extracts from 
the official rolls in the War Department, upon which it shall decide the case. 

90. Persons claiming exemption from enrolment must furnish clear proof of 
their right to such exemption. They will be enrolled where the proof of their 
exemption is not clear and conclusive. 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF DRAFTED MEN AND 

SUBSTITUTES. 

91. The duty of inspecting men, and of determining whether they are fit or 
unfit for the military service of the country, requires the utmost impartiality, 

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skill, and circumspection on the part of the examining surgeon and board of 
enrolment; for upon the manner in which this duty is performed will depend, in 
a very great degree, the efficiency of the army, 

92. In the examination, the examining surgeons will bear in mind that the 
object of the government is to secure the services of men who are effective, able- 
bodied, sober and free from disqualifying diseases. 

93. The examining surgeons will also remember that the object of the drafted 
men, in claiming exemption, may be to escape from service by pretended, simu- 
lated, or factitious diseases, or by exaggerating or aggravating those that really 
exist, and that the design of substitutes frequently is to conceal disqualifying 
infirmities. 

94. The examination by the examining surgeon is to be conducted in the 
daytime, in the presence of the board of enrolment, and in a room well lighted 
and sufficiently large for the drafted man to walk about and exercise his limbs, 
which he must be required to do briskly. 

95. The man is to be examined stripped. 

96. The surgeon will habitually conduct his examination of a man in the 
following order, to ascertain : — 

1. Whether his limbs are well formed and sufficiently muscular; whether 

they are ulcerated or extensively cicatrized ; whether he has free 
motion of all his joints, and whether there are any varicose veins, 
tumors, wounds, fractures, dislocations, or sprains that would impede 
his marching, or prevent continuous muscular exertion. 

2. Whether the thumbs and fingers are comjilete in number, are well 

formed, and their motion unimpaired. 

3. Whether the feet are sufficiently arched to prevent the tuberosity of 

the scaphoid bone from touching the ground ; whether the toes are 
complete in number, do not overlap, are not joined together, and 
whether the great toes are free from bunions. 

4. Whether he has any inveterate and extensive disease of the skin. 

5. Whether he is sufficiently intelligent ; is not subject to convulsions, 

and whether he has received any contusion or wound of the head 
that may impair his faculties, 

6. Whether his hearing, vision, and speech are good, and whether the 

eye and its appendages are free from disqualifying diseases. 

7. Whether he has a sufficient number of teeth in good condition to mas- 

ticate his food properly, and to tear his cartridge ql^ickly and with 
ease. The cartridge is torn with the incisor, canine, or bicuspid teeth, 

8. Whether his chest is ample and well formed, in due proportion to his 

height, and with poAver of full expansion. 

9. Wliether there is any structural or serious functional disease of the 

heart. 

10. Whether the abdomen is well formed and not too protuberant; 
whether either the liver or spleen is considerably enlarged, and 
whether the rectum and anus are free from disqualifying diseases. 



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11. Whetlier the spermatic chords and testes are free from diseases which 

would impair his efficiency ; whether the testes are within the scro- 
tum, and whether he has any ruj)ture. 

12. "Whether there is any organic disease of the kidney or bladder, or 
permanent stricture of the urethra. 

13. Whether his physical development is good, and constitution neither 
naturally feeble, nor impaired by disease, habitual intemperance, or 
solitary vice ; Avhether he is free from phthisis, scrofula, and consti- 
tutional syphilis, and whether he is epileptic, imbecile, or insane. 

Many of the physical defects above mentioned are insufficient in themselves 
to disqualify for military service. In determining whether the man is fit or unfit 
for service, the board must be governed by the list of diseases and infirmities 
enumerated in paragraph 85. 

ACCOUNTS, REPORTS, AND RETURNS. 

97. The folloAving are the accounts, reports, and returns to be rendered by 
provost marshals to the provost marshal general : 

1. Tri-monMy reports of persons arrested, showing the disposition made 

of them. — (Form 1.) A copy of this report will be sent to the 
acting assistant provost marshal general of the State. 

2. Tri-monthly reports of deserters arrested, stating how disposed of. — 

(Form 2.) A copy to be sent to the acting assistant provost marshal 
general of the State. 

3. Tr'i-montlily reports of their business and general transactions, in the 

form of a letter, subdivided into subjects. — (Triplicates.) A copy to 
be sent to the acting assistant provost marshal general of the State. 

4. Monthly abstract of indebtedness incurred, (Form 3,) with separate 

vouchers for each account. 

5. Monthly reports of persons and articles hired and employed. — (Form 

4.) A copy to be sent to the acting assistant provost marshal 
general of the State. 

6. Monthly reports of persons arrested, being a consolidation of the tri- 

monthly reports on the same subject. — (Form 5.) A copy to be 
sent to the acting assistant provost marshal general of the State. 

7. Monthly returns of provost marshals' parties and deserters. — (Form 

6.) A copy to be sent to the acting assistant provost marshal gen- 
eral of the State. 

8. Monthly returns of public property. — (Form 7.) An abstract (Form 

8) will be made of all the articles purchased during the month. 
Articles expended, lost, destroyed, &c., to be accounted for on an 
abstract (Form 9) with vouchers. — (Form 10.) 

98. One copy of the monthly reports, returns, &c., must be transmitted to the 
provost marshal general's office within five days after the end of the month to 



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whicli they relate ; and one copy tliereof will be kept on file by each provost 
marshal. 

99. Officers, in signing accounts and papers, must give their rank and regi- 
ment, or corps. Provost marshals must append their title to their names. 

100. No expenditure must be charged Avithout a proper voucher to support it. 

101. Each voucher must be separately entered on the abstract of indebtedness 
incurred. 

102. Each voucher should be complete in itself, being accompanied by all 
orders and explanations necessary to make it fully understood. 

103. Vouchers for purchases must specify the date and place of purchase, the 
items and amount, and the name of the person or persons in whose favor the ac- 
count is made. 

104. Vouchers for other expenditures must specify when, where, to whom, 
and for what purpose the expenditure was made; the'number and names of the 
persons for whom the expense was incurred — if for officers or enlisted men, the 
company and regiment to which they belong. When the names are numerous, 
a separate list of them should accompany the voucher. 

105. Vouchers must, in all cases, be accompanied hy the receipt of the party to 
whom payment is made, and by the certificate of an officer of the army or pro- 
vost marshal, that the amount charged is accurate and just, and that it was ne- 
cessary for the public service. 

106. When a voucher is not supported by a certificate of an officer or provost 
marshal, it must be accompanied by the affidavit of the person incurring the 
expense, setting forth that it was actually and necessarily incurred in the public 
service. 

107. The receipt to a voucher must be signed, when practicable, by a principal. 
When this is not practicable, the provost marshal will add, to his own certificate, 
a statement that the agent is duly authorized to sign the receipt. 

108. When an individual makes " his mark," instead of signing his name 
to the receipt, it must be witnessed by a third person. 

109. If medical attendance be necessary, and there be no army surgeon avail- 
able, the provost marshal may engage the services of a physician, by contract, 
on reasonable terms, "by the visit" or by the month. 

110. In vouchers for medical attendance and medicines the name of each 
patient, date of, and charge for each visit, and for medicines furnished must be 
given, and the certificate of the physician added that the rates charged are the 
usual rates of the place. 

111. To each voucher for notices inserted in newspapers or posters a copy 
of the notice or poster will be appended. 

112. Vouchers to accounts Avhich are to be paid by a disbursing officer of 
the quartermaster's or the subsistence departments must be made out in quadru- 
plicate. Three for the use of the departments, the other for the provost marshal 
general. 

113. Vouchers to accounts which are to be paid by the provost marshal 
general's department will be made out in duplicate. 



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114. Expenditures must be confined to items stated in tliese regulations. In 
an unforeseen emergency, requiring a deviation from this rule, a full explanation 
must be appended to the voucher for the expenditure ; and if this be not satisfac- 
tory, the account will be charged against the provost marshal. 

115. Among expenses proper to be incurred for the provost marshal's depart- 
ment may be enumerated — 

1. Rent of office for district provost marshals. 

2. Purchase of necessary fuel for office of district provost marshals. 

3. Subsistence of drafted men while at rendezvous ; not to exceed thirty 

cents per diem, in case subsistence cannot be furnished by subsist- 
ence department. 

4. Necessary transportation of drafted men to rendezvovis, and to their 

homes in case of discharge, at the rate of (not to exceed) two cents 
per mile for railroad travel, and at the current rates for stage and 
steamboat fare. 

5. Knives, forks, spoons, tin cups, and tin plates for drafted men. 

6. Necessary medicines and medical attendance, as provided for in the 

regulations. 

7. Actual necessary expenses incurred in arrest of spies, deserters, &c., 

by authorized agents of provost marshals. 

8. Advertising in (not to exceed two) newspapers, in the city or district, 

the necessary notices, &c., concerning the draft. 

9. Such other necessary expenses, not herein provided for, as may be 

deemed necessary to the efficient execution of the duties of provost 
marshal, subject to the decision of the provost marshal general. 

116. Accounts, returns, and reports, except tri-monthly reports, must be accom- 
panied by a letter of transmittal, enumerating them, and referring to no other 
subject. 

117. All copies of papers to accompany letters or accounts should be certified 
by an officer as " true copies." 

118. All accounts for jail-fees and lodging of deserters, or for the transportation 
of the guards or parties in charge of them, shall be rendered to the provost 
marshal, and shall be examined by him ; if found correct and reasonable, he 
shall make out separate vouchers (Forms 12, 15) for each account and sign the 
certificate thereon. 

119. One copy of the voucher will be transmitted, through the provost mar- 
shal, to the provost marshal general for payment. The other copy will be 
retained by the provost marshal, to be forwarded, at the end of the month, with 
his abstract of indebtedness to the provost marshal general. 

To insure prompt payment on vouchers which are not presented, in person, by 
the party to whom the account is due, the receipt on the vouchers should be 
signed by him before the vouchers are forwarded. 

120. Accounts for the five dollars reward authorized for the apprehension of 
a deserter, and for the reasonable expenses incurred in his delivery to the nearest 



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provost marslial, shall be rendered and made out, and one voucher retained and 
disposed of, as prescribed for the accounts in the preceding paragraph. 

121. Triplicates of these vouchers will be given to the person to whom the ac- 
count is due for presentation to the nearest disbursing officer of the quartermaster's 
department for payment, or if he choose he may have the vouchers forwarded 
to the provost marshal general, as already prescribed for other accounts. 

122. When it becomes absolutely necessary to purchase subsistence for pris- 
oners, deserters, or guards en route from a station to the place of destination, or 
whilst travelling on duty, the bills must be paid and receipts obtained for the 
amounts by the district provost marshal or by the special provost marshal in 
charge of the party, to whom the amounts will be reimbursed on presenting 
their accounts made out on proper vouchers. — (Form 15.) 

123. The original bills (Form 16) for subsistence furnished en route must be 
kept as sub-vouchers to the account for reimbursement, must be made out in quad- 
ruplicate, and must specify the place and date of expenditure, the items and 
amounts, the number and names of the party subsisted ; and if enlisted men, 
their company and regiment; must be accomjmnied by the receipt of the person 
to whom payment was made, and by the affidavit of the person incurring the 
expense that it was actually and necessarily incurred in the public service. 

124. Vouchers to accounts for reimbursement (Form 15) will be made out and 
certified by the district provost marshal, and must specify the place and date of 
expenditure, the number and names of the prisoners, deserters, and guards, and 
the period for which the expense was incurred. 

125. When the expenditures have been incurred for enlisted men, triplicates 
of the above vouchers with their corresponding sub-vouchers will be given to the 
person claiming reimbursement, to be presented or sent to the nearest disbursing 
officer of the sxibsistence department for payment. 

The fourth voucher and sub-voucher will be retained and disposed of as pro- 
vided in paragraph 119. 

126. When the expense has been incurred for civilians the vouchers and sub- 
vouchers will be sent for payment direct to the provost marshal general. 

127. The vouchers (Form 18) in quadruplicate will be made out and certified 
by the provost marshal, and will be disposed of as indicated for other accounts. 

128. Vouchers for office-rent and for the rent of rendezvous, (Form 18;) for 
the purchase of office furniture, fuel, and stationery, (Form 13 ;) for postage, 
(Form 14;) and for travelling pay to drafted persons, (Form 11;) and for the 
payment of persons employed, (Form 17,) to be sent monthly, after being prop- 
erly made out, certified, and receipted, will be forwarded for payment direct to 
the provost marshal general. One copy of these vouchers to be retained, except 
17, and disposed of as provided in paragraph 119, 

129. All accounts for per diem to special provost marshals, special guards, 
and to all other persons for services rendered, and not herein otherwise specially 
provided for, Avill be made out and certified by the provost marshal, and shall 
be disposed of as provided in paragraph 119. 



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130. The expenses incurred for drafted persons prior to tlieir reporting for 
duty, and for deserters previous to their delivery at a provost marshal's rendez- 
vous, including subsistence while at the rendezvous, must be paid by the provost 
marshal general from the appropriations at his disposal; but after leaving the 
rendezvous to join their regiments or any general rendezvous established by the 
War Department,' all expenses for the subsistence and transportation of drafted 
persons and deserters shall be paid by the subsistence and quartermaster's de- 
partments, respectively. 

131. All questions relating to the payment of expenses connected with the 
enrolment and draft, the arrest and return of deserters to their regiments, or 
such other duties as provost marshals shall be called upon to perform, shall be 
referred to the provost marshal general, whose decision thereon shall, so far as 
the War Department is concerned, be final. 



[Extracts from General Regulations of the Army.] 

ARTICLE XLI. 

PUBLIC PROPERTY, MONEY, ACCOUNTS, AND CONTRACTS. 

995. Any officer who shall directly or indirectly sell or dispose of, for a pre- 
mium, any treasury note, draft, warrant, or other public security in his hands 
for disbursement, or sell or dispose of the proceeds or avails thereof without 
making returns of such premium and accounting therefor by charging it in his 
accounts to the credit of the United States, will forthwith be dismissed by the 
President. — (Act August 6, 1846.) 

996. If any disbursing officer shall bet at cards or any game of hazard, his 
commanding officer shall suspend his functions, and require him to turn over all 
the public funds in his keeping, and shall immediately report the case to the 
proper bureau of the War Department. 

997. All officers are forbid to give or take any i-eceipt in blank for public 
money or property ; but in all cases the voucher shall be made out in full, and 
the true date, place, and exact amount of money, in words, shall be written out 
in the receipt before it is signed. 

1000. No officer disbursing or directing the disbursement of money for the 
military service shall be concerned, directly or indirectly, in the purchase or 
sale, for commercial purposes, of any article intended for, making a part of, 
or appertaining to the department of the public service in which he is engaged, 
nor shall take, receive, or apply to his own use any gain or emolument, under 
the guise of presents or otherwise, for negotiating or transacting any public 
business, other than what is or may be allowed by law. 



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1002. No officer or agent in the military service shall purchase from any 
other person in the military service, or make any contract with any such person 
to furnish supplies or services, or make any purchase or contract in whicli such 
person shall be admitted to any share or part, or to any benefit to arise there- 
from. 

1003. No person in the military service whose salary, pay, or emoluments is 
or are fixed by law or regulations, shall receive any additional pay, extra allow- 
ance, or comjDeusation, in any form whatever, for the disbursement of public 
money, or any other service or duty whatsoever, unless the same shall be au- 
thorized by law, and explicitly set out in the appropriation. 

1004. All accounts of exj)enditures shall set out a sufficient expla,nation of 
the object, necessity, and propriety of the expenditure. 

1005. The facts on which an account depends must be stated and vouched 
by the certificate of an officer, or other sufficient evidence. 

1006. If any account paid on the certificate of an officer to the facts is after- 
wards disallowed for error of fact in the certificate, it shall pass to the credit of 
the disbursing officer, and be charged to the officer Avho gave the certificate. 

1007. An officer shall have credit for an expenditure of money or property 
made in obedience to the order of his commanding officer. If the expenditure 
is disallowed, it shall be charged to the officer who ordered it. 

1009. When a disbursing officer is relieved, he shall certify the outstanding 
debts to his successor, and transmit an account of the same to the head of the 
bureau, and turn over his public money and property appertaining to the ser- 
vice from which he is relieved, to his successor, unless otherwise ordered. 

1014. No officer has authority to insure public property or money. 

1015. Disbursing officers are not authonzed to settle with heirs, executors, 
or administrators, except by instructions from the proper bureau of the War 
Department upon accounts duly audited and certified by the proper accounting 
officers of the treasury. 

1017. No public property shall be used, nor labor hired for the public be 
employed, for any private use whatsoever not authorized by the regulations of 
the service. 

1027. If any article of public property be lost or damaged by neglect or 
fault of any officer or soldier, he shall pay the value of such article, or amount 
of damage, or cost of repairs, at such rates as a board of survey, with the ap- 
proval of the commandiug officer, may assess, according to the place and circum- 
stances of the loss or damage. And he shall, moreover, be proceeded against 
as the Articles of War provide, if he demand a trial by court-martial, or the 
circumstances should require it. 

1029. If any article of public property be embezzled, or by neglect lost or 
damaged, by any person hhed in the public service, the value or damage, as 
ascertained, if necessary, by a board of survey, shall be charged to him, and set 
against any pay or money due him. 

1030. Public property lost or destroyed in the military service must be ac- 



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counted for by affidavit, or the certificate of a commissioned officer, or other satis- 
factory evidence. 

1031. Affidavits or depositions may be taken before any officer in the list, as 
follows, when recourse cannot be had to any before named on said list, which 
fact shall be certified by the officer offering the evidence : 1st, a civil magistrate 
competent to administer oaths ; 2d, a judge advocate; 3d, the recorder of a gar- 
rison or regimental court-martial; 4th, the adjutant of a regiment; 5th, a com- 
missioned officer. 

1033. No officer making returns of property shall drop from his return any 
public property as worn out or unserviceable until it has been condemned, after 
proper inspection, and ordered to be so dropped. 

1053. It is the duty of every commanding officer to enforce a rigid economy 
in the public expenses. 



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LIST OF FORMS. 



No. 1. Tri-montlily report of persons arrested. 

No. 2. Tri-monthly report of deserters arrested. 

No. 3. Moutlily abstract of indebtedness. 

No. 4. Monthly report of persons and articles employed. 

No. 5. Monthly report of persons arrested. 

No. 6. Monthly returns of provost marshals' parties and deserters. 

No. 7. Monthly return of public property. 

No. 8. Abstract of articles purchased. 

No. 9. Abstract of articles expended, &c. 

No. 10. List of articles expended, lost, &c. 

No. 11. Travelling pay to drafted persons. 

No. 12. Transportation of deserters, &c. 

No. 13. Purchases. 

No. 14. Postage, &c. 

No. 15. Reimbursements of expenses paid. 

No. 16. Sub-voucher to claim for reimbursement. 

No. 17. Receipt-roll of persons employed. 

No. 18. General voucher. 

No. 19. Abstract of lodgings. 

No. 20. Contract for subsistence. 

No. 21. Voucher for purchase of rations. 

No. 22. Abstracts of rations issued. 

No. 23. Return of lodgings. 

No. 24. Return of rations. 

No. 25. Exemption for son of widow, or aged or infirm parents. 

No. 26. Exemption for one of two sons of aged or infirm parents. 

No. 27. Exemption for only brother of dependent child or children. 

No. 28. Exemption on account of two members of family being in military 

service. 
No. 29. Exemption for father of dependent motherless children. 
No. 30. Exemption for unsuitableuess of age. 
No. 31. Certificate of non-liability to military duty. 
No. 32. Certificate of disability. 
No. 33. Certificate of discharge. 
No. 34. Descriptive roll of drafted men. 
No. 35. Enrolment list, class I. 
No. 36. Consolidated enrolment list, class I. 
No. 37. Enrolment list, class II. 
No. 38. Consolidated enrolment list, class II. 
No. 39. Notification to persons of their having been drafted. 



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Form 9. 

Abstract of articles expended, lost, destroyed, h^-c, in tlie puhlic service, in tlie 
district of , in the month of , 186-. 



Classes. 


Fuel. 


Stationery. 


Office furniture. 




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I certify that the above abstract is correct. 

Date . 

Station . 



Piovost Marshal. 



Form 10. 

List of articles expended, lost, destroyed, in the puhlic service, in the 

district of , while in the possession and charge of , pro- 
vost marshal, in the month of , 186 — . 



Number or quantity. 



Circumstances and cause. 



I certify thai the several articles of public property above enumerated have been necessarily expended and uu 
avoidably lost or destroyed while in the public service, as indicated by the remarks annexed to them respectively- 



NoTE. — Separate lists will be made of the articles expended, lost, &c. 

Date . 

Station . 



Provost Marshal, 



Form 11. 
Travelling pay to drafted persons. 



34 

Form 12. 
Transjyortation of deserters, bp. 



The United States 



To 



-, Dr 



For transportation of 40 deserters (or drafted persons) en route to 
from to , being 400 miles, at $ each 



Dollars. Cents 



I certify that the above account is correct and just; the services were rendered as stated, and were necessary 

for the public service ; the deserters (or drafted persons) are named on my return for the month of , 186 _ 

Date . 

Station . 



Provost Marshal. 
■ dollars and centi 



Received, at , the of , 186 — , of .— ^— , the sum of - 

full of the above account. 

(Quadruplicates.) 

Note — This voucher must be made in name of company or person furnishing the transportation, and must 
show . 



Form 13. 

Purchases. 



The United States 



To 



-, Dr. 



5 cords of wood. 

300 pounds of coal 

50 bushels of coal 

4 quires paper. . 

2 lead pencils,.,, 



I certify that the above account is correct and just; the articles will be accounted for on my property 

return for the month of , 186—. 

Date . 



Station 



Received, at Albany, N. Y., this •— day of • 
in full of the above account. 



-, 186—, of 



Provost Marshal, 
dollars and cents, 



(Duplicates.) 

Note,— ThiF voucher should be made In name of person or Arm furnishing the articles. 



35 

Form 14. 
Postage, Sfc. 



The United States 



To. 



186 . 



For cash paid for postage on letters and packajies on public service, 

received and sent by him, from the of , 1S6 , to the 

of , 186 , inclusive 

For cash paid for telegrams 



Note. — Copies of telesrams must accompany voucher, and amount 
for each telegram must be given. 



Dollars. Cent; 



I certify, on honor, that the foregoing account is correct and just; that the letters, packages, and telegrams, 
as above, were all on public service, and that I have actually paid the amount charged. 

Date . 

Station . 



Received, at 
the above account. 



the 



-, IS6 , of 



dollars and 



cents, in full of 



(DCPLICATES.) 

Note. — This voucher can be made in the name of the officer. 



Form 15. 



The United States 



To 



-, Frovost Marshal, Dr. 



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For reimbursement of expenses paid by him for boarding deserters and 
guards, {enlisted %nen;) guards, (civilians;) prisoners, {civilians;) 

while en route from to , a period of days. Sum 

paid $ 

(See sub-vouchers annexed, firm 16.) 



Dollars. Cents 



I certify that the above account is correct and just; that the expenses charged were actually incurred as 
stated, were necessary for the public service, and were paid by me as charged. 



Provost Marshal. 



Received, at , this day of , 186 , from Lieutenant , regiment of • 

United States army, dollars and cents, in full of the above account. 

(Triplicates.) 

Note As far as may be practicable, the rank, company, and regiment of each enlisted man furnished with 

meals must be specifically stated in the sub-voucher hereto attached. When the expense is incurred lor 
civilians, the vouchers and sub-vouchers therefor must be forwarded for payment to the provost marshal general. 



36 

Form 16. 
{Suh-voucher to voucher 15.) 

Received, at this day of 186 , from , provost marshal, the sum of 

and cents, for furnishing enhsted men, meals, at cents per meal. 



Names of enlisted men boarded. 


Rank. 


Company. 


Regiment. 


Remarks. 










The names of enlisted men 
and civilians to be en- 
tered separately. 




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To be supported by the affidavit of the person incurring the expense, that it was actually and necessarily 
incurred. 

(Qdadruplicates.) 



Form IT. 

We, the subscribers, do hereby acknowledge to have received of the sums opposite our names, 

respectively, being in full of our pay for the period herein e.xpressed, having signed duplicates hereof. 





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Period of 
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Rate of 
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Amount 
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Am't of 
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I certify that the above receipt-roll is correct and just. 

Date . 

Station . 



Provost Marshal, • 



district of ' 



37 

Form IS. 



The United States 



-, Dr. 




I certify, on honor, that thp above account is correct and just ; that the services were rendered as stated, 
and were necessary for tlie public service. 

Date . 

Station . 



Provost Marshal. 



Received, at ■ 



, this day of 



-, 186—, from . 



cents, in full of the above account. 

(Signed in duplicate or quadruplicate.) 

Notes. — "All accounts of expenditures shall set out a sufficient explanation of the object, necessity, and 
propriety of the expenditure." 

The dates between which employed, rate of pay per day or month, and if the person employed be in the 
military service, his rank, corapijny, and regiment, sJiDiild all be specifically stated. 

" The facts on which an account depends must be stated and vouched by the certificate of an officer or other 
sufficient evidence." 

When a receipt is signed by a mark, it must be witnessed, and by a third person. 

Tliis form will be used in cases where no other is prescribed. 



Form 19. 



Abstract of lodgings furnislied to -provost marshal's party., in the — 
of , under charge of , 2^>'ovost marshal, from 



district ' 
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-, special contractor. 



Date. 


No. of 
return. 


No. of 
men. 


Commencing. 


Ending. 


No. of days 
drawn for. 


Total. 


Remarks. 


















Total num 

















J certify that I have carefully compared the above abstract with the original returns now in my possession, 
and find the abstract correct. 

Provost Marshal. 
Note.— An abstract of this form must accompany each voucher for payment for lodgings. 



38' 



Form 20. 

Articles of agreement, made and entered into this day of , anno Domini one thousand eight 

hundred and sixty , between , provost marslial, district of , of the one part, and 

, of tlie county of and State of , of the other part. 

This agreement tiilnesseth, That the said , for and on behalf of the United States of America, and 

the said , heirs, executors and administrators, have covenanted and agreed, and by these presents 

do mutually covenant and agree, to and with each other, as follows, viz: 

First. That the said , heirs, executors and administrators, shall supply, or cause to be supplied 

and issued, at , all the rations, to consist of the articles hereinafter specified, that shall be required at 

the provost marshal's rendezvous at the place aforesaiid, commencing on the day of , one thousand 

eight hundred and sixty , and ending on the of , eighteen hundred and , or such earli e 

day as the provost marshal general may direct, at the price of cents mills for each complete ration. 

Second. That the ration to be furnished by virtue of this contract shall consist of the following articles, viz : 
One and a (juarter pound of fresh beef, or three-quarters of a pound of salted pork, eighteen ounces of bread or 
flour, and at the rate of eight quarts of beans or ten pounds of rice, ten pounds of coflee, fifteen pounds of sugar, 
rour quarts of vinegar, and one and a halfpounds of tallow, or one pound of sperm candles, four pounds of soap, 
and two quarts of salt, to every hundred rations, or the contractor shall furnish the men with good and whole- 
some board and lodging, at the option of the provost marshal ; and the party shall have the privilege of hanging 
out a flag from the place of rendezvous. 

Third. That fresh beef shall be issued at least thrice in each week, if required by the provost marshal- 

Fourth. It is cleaily understood that the provisions stipulated to be furnished and delivered under this con- 
tract shall be of the first quality. 

Fifth. Should any difficulty arise respecting the quality of the provisions stipulated to be delivered under this 
contract, then the provost marshal is to appoint a disinterested person to meet one of the same descrijition 
to be appointed by the contractor. These two thus appointed will have power to decide on the quality of the 
provisions; but should they disagree, then a third person is to be chosen by these two already appointed, the 
whole to act under oath, and the opinion of the majority to be final in the case. 

Sixth. No in. mber of Congress shall be admitted to any share herein, or any benefit to arise therefrom. 

In witness whereof, the undersigned have hereunto placed their hands and seals the day and date above 
written. 

Witness: 

(Ql'INTUPLICATES.) 



EXTRACT. 



Sec. 13. Jlnd he it further enacted, That the army ration shall be increased as follows, viz: Twenty-two 
ounces of bread or flour, or one pound of hard breadj instead of the present issue ; fresh beef shall be issued as 
often as the commanding otficer of any detachment or regiment shall require it, when practicable, in place of 
salt meat; beans and rice or hominy shall be issued in the same ration in the proportions now provided by the 
regulation, and one pound of potatoes per n)an shall be issued at least three limes a week, if practicable ; and 
when these articles cannot be issued in these proportions, an equivalent in value shall be issued in some other 
proper food, aiul a ration of tea may be substituted for a ration of coffee upon the requisition of the proper 
officer: Provided, That after the present insurrection shall cease, the ration shall be as provided bv law and 
regulations on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. 

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Approved Augusts, 1861. 



39 



Form 21. 



The United States 



To 



, Special Contractor, Dr. 



For rations issued to provost marshal's party, under the 

charge of , in district of , from 

to , as per accompanying abstract: 

complete rations, at cents 

lbs. extra soap, at cents 

lbs. extra candles, at — — cents 



Due contractor $ 



Received from 



the above account. 
(Duplicates.) 



day of 



,186 ,• 



dollars and cents, in full of 
Special Contractor. 



Form 22. 

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Abstract of rations issued to provost marsliaVs party, under cliarge of 

, provost marshal, from to , hy , special 

contractor. 



Date. 


No. Of 
return. 


No. of 
men. 


Commencing. 


Ending. 


No. of days 
drawn for. 


No. of com- 
plete rations. 


Remarks. 








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I certify that I have carefully compared the above abstract with the original returns now in my possession, 
and they amount to complete rations. 

Date . 



Station 



(DCPLICATES.) 



Frovost Marshal, 



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Form 23. 



Return of lodgings Jurnished to ^yrovosl marshaVs j)ttTty [or ) in 

tJie district of , under charge of — , provost marsluil, 

from to , hy , special contractor. 



No. of 
return. 



No. of 
men. 



Coniraencin!;. 



Ending 



No. of day.s 
drawn for. 



Remarks. 



I certify that the above return is correct. 



Provost Marshal, 



Form 24. 

Provision return for days, C07nmencing on tJie of and ending 

on the of — '■ . 



No. of 
return. 



No. of Commencing 
men. 



Ending. 



No. of days 
drawn for. 



No. of com- 
plete rations. 



I certify that the above return is correct. 

Date . 

Station . 



Provost Marshal, 



41 

Form 25. 

Certificate of exemption Jar the son of a widow, or of aged and ivfirm parent 

or parents. 

I, the subscriber, , resident of , county, State 

of , hereby certify that I, , being liable to military duty under 

the act of Congress "for enrolling and calling out the national forces," &c., approved 

March 3, 1863, am the only son of , a widow, (or of , an aged 

parent,) dependent on my labor for support. 

We, the subscribers, do hereby certify that the above-named is the only 

son of a widow, (or of aged and infirm parents,) dependent on his labor for support. 



Personally appeared before me, , the above named , and 

, and severally made oath that the above certificate is correct and true, to 



the best of their knowleds^e and belief. 



Jmtice of the Peace. 
Dated this day of , 186 — . 

Note 1. — The first of the above certificates must be si^ined by the person claiming exemption, and the 
second by two respectable citizens (heads of families) residents of the town, county, or district, in which the 
person resides, and sworn to before a magistrate. 

Note 2.— This certificate is to be used only In cases where the lahor of the person claiming exemption is 
actually necessary for the support of the persons dependerit on him. The exemption does not apply in cases 
where "there is sufficient property to yield support, and the necessary business for collecting tiie income can be 
transacted by agents, trustees, or the like. 



Form 26. 

Certificate of a -parent that he or she desires one of his or her sons exempted. 

I, the subscriber, the father (or mother) of and , 

residents of , county, State of , 



hereby certify that I am aged and infirm, and that I am dependent for support on the 

labor of my two sous, above named ; and that I elect that my son 

, shall be exempt from the operations of the act of Con- 
gress " for enrolling and calling out the national forces," &c., approved March 3, 1863. 



We, the subscribers, do hereby certify that the above named 

aged and infirm, and dependent on the labor of sons for support. 



Personally appeared before me, the above named , 

and , and severally made oath that the above certificates are correct 

and true, to the best of their knowledge and belief. 



Justice of the Peace. 
Pated at , this day of , 186—. 

Note 1.— The. first certificate must be signed by the parent making the election, and the second by two 
respectable citizens (hea<ls of families) residents of the town, county, or district in which the persons rcMde, 
and sworn to before a magistrate, in case the father is deceased the certificate is to be signt d by the mother, 
and the fact of the father's death is to be stated by the persons certifying. . . 

Note 9.— This certificate is to be used only hi cases where the teftor of the person claiming exemption is 
actually necessary for the support of the persons dependent on him. The exemption does not apply in cases 
where there is suflicient property to yield support, and the necessary business for collecting the income can 
lie transacted by agents, trustees, or the like. 



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Form 27. 

Certificate tliat tJie person liahle to draft is the only hrotJier of a child or chil- 
dren dej^endent on his labor for support. 

I, the subscriber, — , being liable to draft into the service of the United 

States, hereby make affiilavit that I am the only brother of , under 12 

years of age, having neither father nor mother, and dependent on my labor for support. 



"We, the subscribers, , and , residents 

of , county. State of , 

hereby certify that , who is liable to draft, is the only brother 

of , under 12 years of age, having neither father nor mother, 

and dependent on his labor for support. 



Personally appeared before me, the above named and 



and severally made oath that the above certificate is correct and true, to the best of their 
knowledge and belief. 



Justice of the Peace. 
Dated at , this day of , 186 — . 

Note 1. — This certificate is to be used only in cases wliere the /aior of the person claiming exemption is 
actuiilly necessary for llie support of th<! persons dependent on him. The exemption does not apply in cases 
where there is sutflcient property to yield support, and the necessary business can be tratisacted for collecting 
the income by agents, trustees, or the like. 

Note 2. — The first certificate must be signed by the person rlaiining exemption, and the second by two 
respectable persons (heads of lamilies) resident in the same town, county, or district with the person for whom 
exemption is claimed. 



Form 28. 

Certificate that two memhers of the family of the person liahle to draft are 
already in the military service of the United States. 

We, the subscribers, and , residents 

of , county, State of , 

hereby certify that two members of the family and household of , 

county and State abovementioned, are in the military service of the United States, as 
non-commissioned officers, musicians, or privates. 



Personally appeared before me, the above named and , 

and severally made oath that the above certificate is correct and true, to the best of their 
knowledge and belief. 



Justice of the Peace. 
Dated at , this day of , 186—. 

Note 1 — This is only intended to apply where the members of the family claiming exemption reside 
in the same family. If any of the members reside elsewhere, and have gone into the military service of tlie 
United States, no exemption on that account can be claimed. 

Note 2. — This certificate must be signed by one of the parents, if there be any; if not, by two respectable 
persons (heads of families) resident in tlie same town, county, or district with the person for whom exemption 
is claimed. 



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Form 29. 

Certificate that the person Vuible to draft is the father of m,othcrless chUdren, 
tmder 12 years of age, dependent on his labor for support. 

I, , the subscriber, being liable to draft into the service of the United 

States, hereby make affidavit that I am the father of motherless child — , under 12 

years of age, and dependent on my labor for support. 



We, the subscribers, and , residents of , 

county, State of , hereby certify that is father of 

motherless children under 12 years of age, and dependent on his h.bor for support. 



Personally appeared before me, the above named and 



and severally made oath that the above certificate is correct and true to the best of their 
knowledge and belief. 



Justice of the Peace. 

Dated this <- day of , 18C— . 

Note. — The first certificate must be signed by the person claiming exemption, and the second by two 
respectable persons (heads of families) resident in the same town, county, or district with the person for 
whom exemption is claimed. 



Form 30. 

Certificate for exemption on account of unsuitahlencss of age. 
, of , coimty. 



State of , -having been enrolled under the provisions of an act of 

Congress "for enrolling and calling out the national forces," &c., approved March 3, 1863, 
as liable to perform military duty in the service of the United States, hereby certify that 
I am not legally subject to such liability, and for the following reason : 
That I am years of age. 



We, the subscribers, and , of 

the town, county, and State abovementioned, hereby certify that the above statement of 

's age is correct and true to the best of our knowledge 

and belief. 



Personally appeared before me, the above named 



and , and severally made oath that the above certificates are correct 

and true, to the best of their knowledge and belief. 



Justice of the Peace. 

Dated at , this day of , 186 — . 

Note 1. — The certificate in regard to age is, in all cases where practicable, to be signed by the parents 
of the person claiming exemption, and the re(]uirements specified in the regulations are to be adhered to. 
The blank space in the certificate to indicate the age of the person is to be filled as follows : 

That r am "dndf.r twenty " years of age. 

Tliat I am " over thirty-five " years of age, " and married." 
That 1 am " over forty-five " years of age, accordhig to the facts in the case. 
Note 2.— In case the certilicate is not signed by the parents, the fact of age must be certified to by two 
respectable pt-rsoiis (heads of families) resident in the same town, county, or district with the persoiufor 
Whom exemption is claimed, and the requirements of paragraph 61, Regulations, &.C., must be complied with. 



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Form 31. 

Certificate of non-liah'dity to be given hy the board of enrolment. 



"We, tlie subscribers, composing the board of enrolment of the 



district, of the State of , provided for in section 8, act of Congress 

" for enrolling and calling out the national forces," approved March 3, 1863, hereby certify- 
that , of , county, State 

of , having given satisfactory evidence that he is not properly sub- 
ject to do military duty, as required by said act, by reason of , 

is exempt from all liability to military duty for the term of . 



Provost Marshal and President of Board of Enrolment. 



Member of Board of Enrolment. 



Surgeon of Board of Enrolment. 
Dat at , this day of , 186—. 



Note.— This CPitificnte is to be given in all cases where it is applicable, according to the 2d, Sd, 13th, and 
17th sections of the act of Congress referred to above. 



Form 32. 

Certificate of exemption for a drafted person on account of disability. 

This is to certify that , of , county, State 

of , having been drafted, and claiming exemption on account of dis- 
ability, has been carefully examined, and is found to be unfit for military duty by reason 

of , and, in consequence thereof, he is exempt from service under 

the present draft. 



Provost Marshal and President of Board of Enrolment. 



Member of Board of Enrolment. 



Surgeon of. Board of Enrolment, 
Dated at , this day of , 186 — . 



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Form 33. 
Certificate of discharge on account of the rcqidred numher having heen obtained. 



This is to certify that 



-, of ■ 



county, 
— , and 



State of , having been drafted, on the 

having reported at the required place of rendezvous, is hereby " discharged" from service 
under that draft, on account of the required number of able-bodied men having been 
obtained from the names preceding his on the list of drafted men. 



Dated at 



this 



Provost Marshal and President of Board of Enrolment. 



Member of Board of Enrolment. 



Surgeon of Board of Enrolment. 



day of ■ 



-, 186—. 



Form 34, 
Descriptive list of drafted men called into the service of the Zhited States. 





Names. 


DESCRIPTION. 


WHERE BORN. 


C 

o 
a, 

3 
O 

O 


ENROLLED. 


DRAFTED. 




No. 


< 




'3 
33 


c 

a 

o 
O 




JS 
a 

M 


bo 

c 

s - 

I. a 

o o 


o 

J 
P 

Eh 


V 


i 

.a 


S 
a) 




Remarks, 



































We certify that the above is a correct transcript of the roll of names of persons drafted into the service of the 



United States from the • 
they were drawn. 



district, State of - 



-, on the • 



-, in the order in which 



Provost Marshal, President of the Board of Enrolment. 



Member of Board of Enrolment. 



Surgeon of Board of Enrolment 



Dated at ■ 



-, this ■ 



, day of — — , 186-. 



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Form 35. 



[Class I comprises all persons subject to do military duty between tbe ages of twenty and thirty-five years 
and all unmarried persoiis subject to do military duty above the age of thirty five years and under the age 
of forty-five. Class I( comprises all other persons subject to do military duty.] 



Enrolment list of all i^ersons of class I, subject to do military duty in the ■ 

sub-district of the congressional district, consisting of the counties 

of and , in the State of , enumerated by me on the 

day of , 186 — . 

Vost office . 



-, Enrolling Officer. 



Residence. 



Name. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Age 

IsDuly, 

1863. 



Profession, 

occupation, 

or trade. 



Married or 
unmarried. 



Place of birth. 

(Naming the 
State, Ter- 
ritory, or 
country.) 



Former milita 
ry service. 



Remarks. 



To Captain 



Provost Maishal of the - 



Station : 
Date: - 

Cong. Dist. of 



-, Enrolling Officer, 



RECAPITULATION. 



Sub-districts. 



1st sub-district ■ 



2d sub-district •{ 



Towns or wards. 



Town of - 
Town of - 
Town of ■ 
Town of ■ 

Town of 
Town of - 
Town of - 
Town of - 



Number of 
whites. 



Number of 
colored. 



Total num- 
ber enrolled. 



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Form 36. 



[Class I comprises all persons subject to do military duty between the ages of twenty and thirty-five years, and 
all unmarried persons subject to do military duty above the age of thirty-five "years and under the age of 
forty-five. Class II comprises all other persons subject to do military duty ] 



Enrolment list of all persons of class II, subject to do military duty in tlie 

sub-district of the congressional district, consisting of the counties 

of and ,in the State of , enumerated hy me on the 

day of , 186 — . 



Post ojlce 



-, Enrolling Officer. 



Residence. 



DESCRIPTION. 



1st July. 
1863. ■ 



White or 
colored. 



Profession, 

occupation, or 

trade. 



Place of birth. 

(Naming the 

State, Territory, 

or country.) 



Former milita- 
ry service. 



To Captain ■ 



Provost Marshal of the ■ 



Station : ■ 

Date: — 

Cong. Dist. of 



-, Enrolling Officer. 



RECAPITULATION. 



Sub-districts. 



1st sub-district ■{ 



2d sub-district 



Towns or wards. 



Town of - 
Town of - 
Town of - 
Town of - 

Town of - 
Town of - 
Town of • 
Town of • 



Number of 
, whiles. 



Number of 
colored. 



Total num- 
ber enrolled. 



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Form 37. 

[Class I comprises all persons subject to do military duty between the ages of twenty and thirty-five years, and, 
all unmarried persons subject to do military duty above llie age of thirty five years and under the age of 
forty-five. Class 11 comprises all other persons subject to do nulilary duty.] 



Consolidated list of all persons of class I, subject to do military duty in the 

congressional district, consisting of the counties oj and , 

State of , enumerated during the month of , 186 — , under the 

direction of , provost marshal. 



Residence. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Age 

1st July, 

1863. 



colored. 



Profession, 

occupation, 

or trade. 



Married or 
unmarried. 



Place of birth. 

(Naming the 
State, Ter- 
ritory, or 
country.) 



Former milita- 
ry service. 



- , Provoii Marshal, 



To Colonel James B. Fry, Station: Headquarters Cong. Dist. of- 

Provost Alarskal General U. States, Date : . 

TVashington, D. C. 



EECAPITULATION. 



Sub-districts. 



1st sub-district . 



2d sub-district 



Towns or wards. 



Town of - 
Town of ■ 
Town of ■ 
Town of 

Town of - 
Town of ■ 
Town of 
Town of • 



Number of 
whites. 



Number of 
colored. 



Total num- 
ber enrolled. 



Note. — The names on this consolidated list must be alphabetically arranged. 



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Form 38. 



[Class I comprises all persons subject to dii military duty between the ages of twenty and thirty-five years, and 
all unmarried persons subject to do military duty afinve the age of iliirty-five years and under the age of 
forty-five. Class H comprises all other persons subject to do military duly.] 



Consolidated list of all persons of class II, subject to do military duty in the 

congressional district, consisting of the counties of and State 

of , enumerated duritig the month of 186 — , under direction of 



-, provost marshal. 







DESCRIPTION. 


Place of birth. 

(Naming the 

State. Territory, 

or country.) 


Former milita- 
ry service. 




Residence. Name. 

! 


Age 

1st July, 

1863. 


White or 
colored. 


Profession, 

occupation, or 

trade. 


Remarks. 



















-, Pro\>o%t Marshal. 



To Colonel James B. Fry, Station: 

Provost Marshal General U. States, Date 

Washington, D. C. 



Headquarters Cong. Dist. of - 



RECAPITULATION. 



Sub-districts. 


Towns or wards. Number of 
whites. 


Number of 
colored. 


Total num- 
ber enrolled. 


f 
1 




■ 










1st sub-district • 
























2d sub-district • 






I 











Note. — The names on this con.solidated list must be alphabetically arranged. 

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Form 39. 



Pbovost Mabshal's Oftice, 
District, State of 



186- 



To 



Sir: You are hereby notified that you were, ou the day of , ISfi-, legally 

drafted into the service of the United States for the period of , irx accordance with 

the provisions of the act of Congress "for enrolling and calling out tlie national forces, and 

for other purposes," approved March 3, 1863 You will accordingly report, on the . 

at the place of rendezvous, in , or be deemed a deserter, and be subject to the penalty 

prescribed tlierefor by tlie Rules and Articles of War. 

I am, .sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

, Provost Marshal, 

District, State of 



© 



AN ACT 



ENROLLING AND CALLING OUT THE NATIONAL FORCES, 



FOR OTHER PURPOSES 



Whereas there now exist in the United States an insurrection and rebel- 
lion against the authority thereof, and it is, under the Constitution of the United 
States, the duty of the government to suppress insurrection and rebellion, to 
guarantee to each State a republican form of government, and to preserve the 
public tranquillity ; and whereas, for these high purposes, a military force is in- 
dispensable, to raise and support which all persons ought willingly to contribute ; 
and whereas no service can be more praiseworthy and honorable than that which 
is rendered for the maintenance of the Constitution and Union, and the conse- 
quent preservation of free government : Therefore — 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representative!! of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That all able-bodied male citizens of 
the United States, and persons of foreign birth who shall have declared on 
oath their intention to become citizens under and in pursuance of the laws 
thereof, between the ages of twenty and forty-five years, except as hereinafter 
excepted, are hereby declared to constitute the national forces, and shall be 
liable to peiform military duty in the service of the United States when called 
out by the President for that purpose. 

Sec. 2. And he it Jurther enacted, That the following persons be, and they 
are hereby, excepted and exempt from the provisions of this act, and shall not 
be, liable to military duty under the same, to wit : Such as are rejected as physi- 
cally or mentally unfit for the service ; also, first, the Vice-President of the 
United States, the judges of the various coixrts of the United States, the heads 
of the various executive departments of the government, and the governors of 
the several States. Second, the only son liable to military duty of a widow 
dependent upon his labor for support. Third, the only son of aged or infirm 
parent or parents dependent upon his labor for support. Fourth, where there 
are two or more sons of aged or infirm parents subject to draft, the lather, or 
if he be dead, the mother, may elect which son shall be exempt. Fifth, the 
only brother of children not twelve years old, having neither father nor mother, 
dependent upon his labor for support. Sixth, the father of motherless children 
under twelve years of age, dependent upon his labor for support. Seventh, 
where there are a father and sons in the same family and household, and two 
of them are in the military service of the United States as non-commissioned 
officers, musicians, or privates, the residue of such family and household, not 



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exceeding two, shall be exempt. And no persons but such as are herein ex- 
cepted shall be exempt : Provided, hmvever, That no person who has been 
convicted of any felony shall be enrolled or permitted to serve in said forces. 

Sec. 3. And. be it, further enacted, That the national forces of the United 
States not now in the military service, enrolled under this act, shall be divided 
into two classes : the tirst of which shall comprise all persons subject to do 
military duty between the ages of twenty and thirty-tive years, and all unmar- 
ried persons subject to do military duty above the age of thirty-five and under 
the a<»-e of forty-five ; the second class shall comprise all other persons subject 
to do military duty; and they shall not, in any district, be called into the ser- 
vice of the United States until those of the first class shall have been called. 

Sec. 4. And he it further enacted. That for greater convenience in enrolling, 
calling out, and organizing the national forces, and for the arrest of deserters 
and spies of the enemy, the United States shall be divided into districts, of which 
the District of Columbia shall constitute one, each Territory of the United 
States shall constitute one or more, as the President shall direct, and each con- 
gressional district of the respective States, as fixed by a law of the State next 
preceding the enrolment, shall constitute one : Provided, That in States which 
have not by their laws been divided into two or more congressional districts, the 
President of the United States shall divide the same into so many enrolment 
districts as he may deem fit and convenient. 

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That for each of said districts there shall 
be appointed by the President a provost marshal, with the rank, pay, and emolu- 
ments of a captain of cavalry, or an officer of said rank shall be detailed by the 
President, who shall be under the direction and subject to the orders of a provost 
marshal general, appointed or detailed by the President of the United States, 
whose office shall be at the seat of government, forming a separate bureau of the 
War Department, and whose rank, pay, and emoluments shall be those of a 
colonel of cavalry. 

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the provost 
marshal general, Anth the approval of the Secretary of War, to make rules and 
regulations for the government of his subordinates ; to furnish them with the 
names and residences of all deserters from the army, or any of the land forces 
in the service of the United States, including the militia, when reported to him 
by the commanding officers ; to communicate to them all orders of the President 
in reference to calling out the national forces ; to furnish proper blanks and in- 
structions for enrolling and drafting ; to file and preserve copies of all enrolment 
lists ; to require stated reports of all proceedings on the part of his subordinates ; 
to audit all accounts connected with the service under his direction ; and to per- 
form such other duties as the President may prescribe in carrying out the pro- 
visions of this act. 

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of the provost 
marshals to arrest all deserters, whether regulars, volunteers, militiamen, or 
persons called into the service under this or any other act of Congress, wher- 
ever they may be found, and to send them to the nearest military commander 
or military post; to detect, seize, and confine spies of the enemy, who shall, 
without unreasonable delay, be delivered to the custody of the general com- 
manding the department in which they may be arrested, to be tried as soon as 
the exio-encies of the service permit; to obey all lawful orders and regulations 
of the provost marshal general, and such as may be prescribed by law, concern- 
ing the enrolment and calling into service of the national forces. 

Sec. 8. And, be it further enacted. That in each of said districts there shall 
be a board of enrolment, to be composed of the provost marshal, as president, 
and two other persons, to be appointed by the President of the United States, 
one of whom shall be a licensed and practicmg physician and surgeon. 



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Sec. 9. And be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of the said board 
to divide the district into sub-districts of convenient size, if they shall deem it 
necessary, not exceeding two, without the direction of the Secretary of War, 
and to appoint, on or before the tenth day of March next, and in each alternate 
year thereafter, an enrolling officer for each sub-district, and to furnish him with 
proper blanks and instructions ; and he shall immediately proceed to enrol all 
persons subject to military duty, noting their respective places of residence, ages 
on the first day of July following, and their occupation, and shall, on or before 
the first day of April, report the same to the board of enrolment, to be consoli- 
dated into one list, a copy of which shall be transmitted to the provost marshal 
general on or before the first day of May succeeding the enrolment: Proi-ided,, 
nevertheless', That if, from any cause, the duties prescribed by this section can- 
not be performed within the time specified, then the same shall be performed as 
soon thereafter as practicable. 

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted. That the enrolment of each class shall 
be made separately, and shall only embrace those whose ages shall be on the 
first day of July thereafter between twenty and forty-five years. 

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That all persons thus enrolled shall be 
subject, for two years after the first day of July succeeding the enrolment, to 
be called into the military service of the United States, and to continue in ser- 
vice during the present rebellion, not, however, exceeding the term of three 
years ; and when called into service shall be placed on the same footing, in all 
respects, as volunteers for three years, or during the war, including advance 
pay and bounty as now provided by law. 

Sec. 12. And be it further enacted. That whenever it may be necessary to 
call out the national forces for military service, the President is hereby authorized 
to assign to each district the number of men to be furnished by said district ; 
and thereupon the enrolling board shall, under the direction of the President, 
make a draft of the required number, and fifty per cent, in addition, and shall 
make an exact and complete roll of the names of the persons so drawn, and of 
the order in which they were drawn, so that the first drawn may stand first 
upon the said roll, and the second may stand second, and so on. And the per- 
son so drawn shall be notified of the same within ten days thereafter, by a 
written or printed notice, to be served personally or by leaving a copy at the 
last place of residence, requiring them to appear at a designated rendezvous to 
report for duty. In assigning to the districts the number of men to be furnished 
tlierefrom, the President shall take into consideration the number of volunteers 
and militia furnished by and from the several States in which said districts are 
situated, and the period of their service since the commencement of the present 
rebellion, and shall so make said assignment as to equalize the numbers among 
the districts of the several States, considering and allowing for the numbers 
already furnished as aforesaid and the time of their service. 

Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That any person drafted and notified to 
appear as aforesaid may, on or before the day fixed for his appearance, furnish 
an acceptable substitute to take his place in the draft ; or he may pay to such 
person as the Secretary of War may authorize to receive it, such sum, not ex- 
ceeding three hundred dollars, as the Secretary may determine, for the procura- 
tion of such substitute, which sum shall be fixed at a uniform rate by a general 
order made at the time of ordering a draft for any State or Territory ; and 
thereupon such person so furnishing the substitute, or paying the money, shall 
be discharged from further liability under that draft. And any person failing 
to report after due service of notice as herein prescribed, without furnishing a 
substitute, or paying the required sum therefor, shall be deemed a d. serter. and 
shall be arrested by the provost marshal, and sent to the nearest military post 
for trial by court-martial, unless, upon proper showing that he is not liable to 
do military duty, the board of enrolment shall relieve him from the draft. 



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Sec. 14. And he it further enacted, That all drafted peisous shall, on arriving 
at the rendezvous, be carefully inspected by the surgeon of the board, who shall 
truly report to the board the physical condition of each one; and all persons 
drafted and claiming exemption from military duty on account of disability, or 
any other cause, shall present their claims to be exempted to the board, whose 
decision shall be final. 

Sec. 15. And he it further enacted, That any .surgeon charged with the duty 
of such inspection who shall receive from any person whomsoever any money or 
other valuable thing, or agree, directly or indirectly, to receive the same to his 
own or another's use for making an imperfect inspection or a false or incorrect 
report, or who shall wilfully neglect to make a fiiithful inspection and true report, 
shall be tried by a court-mai*tial, and, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine 
not exceeding five hundred dollars nor less than two hundred, and be imprisoned 
at the discretion of the court, and be cashiered and dismissed from the service. 

Sec. 16. And he it further enacted. That as soon as the required number of 
able-bodied men liable to do military duty shall be obtained from the list of those 
drafted, the remainder shall be discharged. And all drafted persons reporting 
at the place of rendezvous shall be allowed travelling pay from their places of 
residence ; and all persons discharged at the place of rendezvous shall be allowed 
travelling pay to their places of residence ; and all expenses connected with the 
enrolment and draft, including subsistence while at the rendezvous, 5hall be paid 
from the appropriation for enrolling and drafting, under such regulations as the 
President of the United States shall prescribe; and all expenses connected with 
the arrest and return of deserters to their regiments, or such other duties as the 
provost marshal shall be called upon to perform, shall be paid from the appro- 
priation for arresting deserters, under such such regulations as the President of 
the United States shall prescribe : Provided, The provost marshals shall in no 
case receive commutation for transportation or for fuel and quarters, but only for 
forage, when not furnished by the government, together with actual expenses of 
postage, stationery, and clerk hire authorized by the provost marshal general. 

^Sec. 17. And he it further enacted, That any person enrolled and drafted 
according to the provisions of this act, who shall furnish an acceptable substi- 
tute, shall thereupon receive from the board of enrolment a certificate of dis 
charge from such draft, which shall exempt him from military duty during the 
time for which he was drafted ; and such substitute shall be entitled to the same 
pay and allowances provided by law as if he had been originally drafted into 
the service of the United States. 

Sec. 18. And he it further enacted,, That such of the volunteers and militia 
now in the service of the United States as may re-enlist to serve one year, un- 
less sooner discharged, after the expiration of their present term of service, shall 
be entitled to a bounty of fifty dollars, one-half of which to be paid upon such 
re-enlistment, and the balance at the expiration of the term of re-enlistment. 
And such as may re-enlist to serve for two years, unless sooner discharged, 
after the expiration of their present term of enlistment, shall receive, upon such 
re-enlistment, twenty-five dollars of the one hundred dollars bounty for enlist- 
ment provided by the fifth section of the act approved twenty-second of July, 
eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled " An act to authorize the employment 
of volunteers to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting public property." 

Sec. ]9. And he it further enacted. That whenever a regiment of volunteers 
of the same arm, from the same State, is reduced to one-half the maximum 
number prescribed by law, the President may direct the consolidation of the 
companies of such regiment : Provided, That no company so formed shall ex- 
ceed the maximum number prescribed by law. When such consolidation is 
made, the regimental officers shall be reduced in proportion to the reduction in 
the number of companies. 



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Sec. 20. And he it Jurt/ter enacted, That whenever a regiment is reduced 
below the minimum number allowed by law, no officers shall be appointed in 
such regiment beyond those necessary for the command of such reduced number. 

Sec. 21. And he it further enacted, That so much of the fifth section of the 
act approved seventeenth July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled " An 
act to amend an act calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union," 
and so forth, as requires the approval of the President to carry into execution 
the sentence of a court-martial, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, as far as 
relates to carrying into execution the sentence of any court-martial against any 
person convicted as a spy or deserter, or of mvitiny or murder ; and hereafter 
sentences in punishment of these offences may be carried into execution upon 
the approval of the commanding general in the field. 

Sec. 22. And he it further enacted. That courts -martial shall have power to 
sentence officers who shall absent themselves from their commands without 
leave, to be reduced to the ranks to serve three years or during the war. 

Sec. 23. And, he it further enacted,. That the clothes, arms, military outfits, 
and accoutrements furnished by the United States to any soldier shall not be 
sold, bartered, exchanged, pledged, loaned, or given away ; and no person not a 
soldier, or duly authorized officer of the United States, who has possession of 
any such clothes, arms, military outfits, or accoutrements, furnished as aforesaid, 
and wdiich have been the subjects of any such sale, barter, exchange, pledge, 
loan, or gift, shall have any right, title, or interest therein ; but the same may be 
seized and taken wherever found by any officer of the United States, civil or 
military, and shall thereupon be delivered to any quartermaster, or other officer 
authorized to receive the same; and the possession of any such clothes, arms, 
military outfits, or accoutrements by any pereon not a soldier or officer of the 
United States, shall be jirima facie evidence of such a sale, barter, exchange, 
pledge, loan, or gift, as aforesaid. 

Sec. 24. And he it further enacted, That every person not subject to the 
rules and articles of war who shall procure or entice, or attempt to procure or 
entice, a soldier in the service of the United States to desert; or who shall harbor, 
conceal, or give employment to a deserter, or carry him away, or aid in carrying 
him away, knowing him to be such ; or who shall purchase from any soldier his 
arms, equipments, ammunition, uniform, clothing, or any part thereof; and any 
captain or commanding officer of any ship or vessel, or any superintendent or 
conductor of any railroad, or any other public conveyance, canying away any 
such soldier as one of his crew or otherwise, knowing him to have deserted, or 
shall refuse to deliver him up to the orders of his commanding officer, shall, 
upon legal conviction, be fined, at the discretion of any court having cognizance 
of the same, in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, and he shall be im- 
prisoned not exceeding two years nor less than six months. 

Sec. 25. And he it further enacted, That if any person shall resist any draft 
of men enrolled under this act into the service of the United States, or shall 
counsel or aid any person to resist any such draft ; or shall assault or obstruct 
any officer in making such draft, or in the performance of any seriace in relation 
thereto ; or shall counsel any person to assault or obstruct any such officer, or 
shall counsel any drafted men not to appear at the place of rendezvous, or wil 
fully dissuade them from the performance of military duty as required by law, 
such person shall be subject to summary arrest by the provost marshal, and 
shall be forthwith delivered to the civil authorities, and, upon conviction thereof, 
be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment 
not exceeding two years, or by both of said punishments. 

Sec. 26. And he it further enacted, That, immediately after the passage of 
this act, the President shall issue his proclamation declaring that all soldiers 
now absent from their regiments without leave may return within a time speci- 
fied to such place or. places as he may indicate in his proclamation, and be re- 



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fitored to their respective regiments without punishment, except tlie forfeiture of 
their pay and allowances during their absence ; and all deserters who shall not 
return within the time so specified by the President shall, upon being arrested, 
be punished as the law provides. 

Sec. 27. And be it further enacted, That depositions of witnesses residing 
beyond the limits of the State, Territory or district in which military courts 
shall be ordered to sit, may be taken in cases not capital by either party, and 
read in evidence ; provided the same shall be taken upon reasonable notice to 
the opposite party, and duly authenticated. 

Sec. 28. And he it further enacted. That the judge advocate shall have 
power to appoint a reporter, whose duty it shall be to record the proceedings of 
and testimony taken before military courts instead of the judge advocate ; and 
such reporter may take down such proceedings and testimony in the first in 
stance in shorthand. The reporter shall be sworn or affirmed faithfully to per- 
form his duty before entering upon it. 

Sec. 29. And be it further enacted. That the court shall, for reasonable 
cause, grant a continuance to either party for such time and as often as shall 
appeiir to be just : Provided, That if the prisoner be in close confinement, the 
trial shall not be delayed for a period longer than sixty days. 

Sec. 30. And be it further enacted, That in time of war, insurrection, or re- 
bellion, murder, assavilt and battery with an intent to kill, manslaughter, mayhem, 
wounding by shooting or stabbing with an intent to commit murder, robbery, 
arson, burglary, rape, assault and battery with an intent to commit rape and lar- 
ceny, shall be punishable by the sentence of a general court-martial or military 
commission, when committed by persons who are in the military service of the 
United States, and subject to the articles of war ; and the punishments for such 
offences shall never be less than those inflicted by the laws of the State, Terri- 
tory or district in which they may have been committed. 

Sec. 31. And. he it further enacted. That any officer absent from duty with 
leave, except for sickness or wounds, shall, during his absence, receive half of 
the pay an^l allowances prescribed by law, and no more ; and any officer absent 
without leave shall, in addition to the penalties prescribed by law or a court- 
martial, forfeit all pay or allowances during such absence. 

Sec. 32. And he it further enacted, That the commanders of regiments and 
of batteries in the field are hereby authorized and empoAvered to grant furloughs 
for a period not exceeding thirty days at any one time to five per centum of the 
non-commissioned officers and privates, for good conduct in the line of duty and 
subject to the approval ^f the commander of the forces of which such non- 
commissioned officers and privates form a part. 

Sec. 33. And, be it further enacted. That the President of the United States 
is hereby authorized and empowered, during the present rebellion, to call forth 
the national forces, by draft, in the manner provided for in this act. 

Sec. 34. And he it further enacted. That all persons drafted under the pro- 
visions of this act shall be assigned by the President to military duty in such 
corps, regiments, or other branches of the service as the exigencies of the ser- 
vice may require. 

Sec. 35. And be it further enacted. That hereafter details to special service 
shall only be made with the consent of the commanding officer of forces in the 
field ; aiid enlisted men, now or hereafter detailed to special service, shall not 
receive any extra pay for such services beyond that allowed to other enlisted 
men. 

Sec. 36. And he it further enacted. That general orders of the War Depart- 
ment, numbered one hundred and fifty-four and one hundred and sixty-two, in 
reference to enlistments from the volunteers into the regular service, be, and the 
Bame are hereby, rescinded ; and hereafter no such enlistments shall be allowed. 



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Sec. 37. And be it further enacted. That the grades created in the cavalry- 
forces of the United States by section eleven of the act approved seventeenth 
July, eighteen hundred and sixty-tAvo, and for which no rate of compensation 
has been provided, shall be paid as I'ollows, to wit : Regimental commissary the 
same as regimental quartermaster ; chief trumpeter the same as chief bugler ; 
saddler sergeant the same as regimental commissary sergeant ; company com- 
missary sergeant the same as company quartermaster's sergeant : Provided, 
That the grade of supernumerary second lieutenant, and two teamsters for each 
company, and one chief farrier and blacksmith for each regiment, as allowed 
by said section of that act, be, and they are hereby, abolished ; and each cavalry 
company may have two trumpeters, to be paid as buglers ; and each regiment 
shall have one veterinary surgeon, with the rank of a regimental sergeant 
major, whose compensation shall be seventy-five dollars per month. 

Sec. 38. And, he itjurlher enacted, That all pei'sons who, in time of war or 
of rebellion against the supreme authority of the United States, shall be found 
lurking or acting as spies in or about any of the fortifications, posts, quarters, 
or encampments of any of the armies of the United States, or elsewhere, shall 
be triable by a general court-martial or military commission, and shall, upon 
conviction, suffer death. 

GALUSHA A. GROW, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

SOLOMON FOOT, 
President oj' the Senate pro tempore. 
Approved March 3, 1863. 

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 

President of the United States. 



